(Eagle News) — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration has announced the end of the northeast monsoon and the start of the warm and dry season in the country. In making the announcement, the weather bureau said recent analyses “indicate a retreat of the High-Pressure Area over Siberia, which resulted in the weakening of northeasterly winds and an increase in the air temperature over most parts of the country.” PAGASA said the “strengthening […]
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PAGASA announces start of dry season
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration on Tuesday, March 16, announced the official start of the dry season. The weather bureau made the announcement following the termination of the northeast monsoon. PAGASA said this was signaled by the retreat of the High Pressure Area (HPA) over Siberia, therefore resulting in the weakening of the associated northeasterly winds and decreasing sea level pressure in the country, and the general shift of […]
PAGASA: Dry season officially begins; partly cloudy skies with isolated rain showers expected today
(Eagle News) — Day-to-day weather in the country is expected to gradually get warmer with the start of the dry season, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. According to PAGASA, this was after the termination of the northeast monsoon, which is signaled by the “gradual shift of wind direction from the northeasterly to easterly over most parts of the country due to the formation of the High Pressure Area over the Northwestern […]
PAGASA announces end of Amihan; dry season officially starts
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration on Friday, March 20, announced the termination of the northeast monsoon or amihan. With the termination, PAGASA said the dry season officially starts in the country. “With this development, the day-to-day weather across the country will gradually become warmer though isolated thunderstorms are also likely to occur,” PAGASA said. PAGASA advised the public to “take precautionary measures to minimize heat stress.” It also urged the public […]
PAGASA announces start of dry season
(Eagle News)—The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration on Friday, March 22, announced the start of the dry season. PAGASA said “the day-to-day weather across the country will gradually become warmer, though isolated thunderstorms are also likely to occur” as a result. On Friday though, PAGASA said cloudy skies were expected in parts of the country as the ridge of a high pressure area (HPA) affects Northern Luzon. The weather bureau said partly cloudy […]
PAGASA: “Full-blown weak El Niño” expected this month
(Eagle News) — Expect a”full-blown weak El Nino” this month, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said on Tuesday, March 19. According to Benison Estareja, PAGASA weather specialist, this may last until June. “So expect way below normal rainfall sa maraming lugar sa Pilipinas…May mga provinces na inaasahang magkakatagtuyot: sa Ilocos provinces, Mindoro provinces, Zamboanga peninsula area,” he said. As it is, he said rains were expected in several parts of the country […]
Dry season sa bansa, opisyal nang idineklara ng PAGASA
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Opisyal nang idineklara ng Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) ang pagsisimula ng dry season o panahon ng tag-init sa bansa. Ayon sa PAGASA, tapos na ang amihan o ang northeast monsoon kung kaya asahan na ng publiko ang mas mainit pang temperatura sa mga susunod na araw. Paliwanag ni PAGASA Administrator Dr. Vicente Malano, na-obserbahan nila ang pagtaas sa temperatura sa maraming lugar sa bansa. Humina […]
No connection between high temperatures and recent series of earthquakes — seismologist
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) –A seismologist clarified that the high temperatures being experienced by the country are not connected with the series of earthquakes that hit Batangas, and parts of Visayas and Mindanao recently. Ishmael Narag of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said that any surface activity would not reach down and affect the depth from which earthquakes originate. After the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) declared the […]
Pagasa: Dry season just around the corner
(Eagle News) — The weather in the coming weeks will become warmer and drier, which would signify the start of the dry season. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration made the announcement on Wednesday, with the termination of the northeast monsoon that affected northern and central Luzon in the last few days. “However, some isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms are expected in the afternoon or evening particularly over the eastern sections due to localized convection,” it […]
La Niña phenomenon
(AFP) La Nina, a weather phenomenon that periodically causes devastating droughts and storms, will likely occur more frequently and more violently this century as a result of global warming, according to researchers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG04ZyufAl8 Fred Garet Marian Henbest / AFP Videographics / AFP
Temperatura sa bansa, posibleng uminit pa hanggang Mayo 2016
(Eagle News) — Sa kabila ng napakainit na panahon ngayon, nagbabala ang Philippine Atmosheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) na posibleng mas uminit pa ang panahon sa mga susunod na araw. Ayon sa naturang ahensya, bagaman umabot na sa 37.7°C ang temperatura sa Metro Manila, asahan pa anilang lalagpas pa sa temperaturang ito ang mararanasan sa mga susunod na araw dahil na rin sa humidity na lalo pang nagpapainit sa panahon. Dagdag pa ng […]
Dry Season, opisyal nang nagsimula – PAGASA
(Eagle News) — Inanunsyo na ng Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) ang opisyal na pagsisimula ng Dry Season bago matapos ang araw na ito, Marso 18. Ayon sa PAGASA, sa kabila ng naranasang napakainit na panahon sa pagsisimula pa lamang ng buwan, ngayon pa lamang opisyal na naideklara ang Dry Season dahil sa pag-iral ng Amihan noong mga nagdaang linggo. Samantala, dagdag pa ng naturang ahensya, lalo pang iinit ang panahon at […]





