Tag: Weather in Philippines

PAGASA: Easterlies affecting PHL

(Eagle News)–The easterlies are affecting the country. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as a result, Metro Manila will have cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers and thunderstorms. Flashfloods and landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. The rest of the country, PAGASA said, will experience the same conditions. According to the weather bureau, the entire country will have light to moderate winds and slight to moderate coastal waters.

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PAGASA: Cloudy skies rains expected in parts of country

(Eagle News)–The shear line is affecting the eastern sections of Visayas and Mindanao. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the northeast monsoon is also affecting Luzon and the rest of Visayas. PAGASA said, as a result, Southern Leyte, Caraga, Northern Mindanao and Davao Region will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan […]

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PAGASA monitoring tropical depression off Palawan, LPA off Surigao del Sur

Southwest monsoon affecting western section of Luzon (Eagle News) — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a tropical depression off Kalayaan Island in Palawan, outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. PAGASA said it was also monitoring a low pressure area off Surigao del Sur, 255 kilometers southeast of Hinatuan. The southwest monsoon, meanwhile, is affecting the western section of Luzon. PAGASA said Ilocos Region, Abra, Benguet, Zambales, Bataan, Occidental Mindoro, and […]

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“Enteng” intensifies into a tropical storm

(Eagle News)–“Enteng” has intensified into a tropical storm. In its recent bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said TS “Enteng” was estimated 545 kilometers east northeast of Calayan, Cagayan or 445 km east northeast of Basco, Batanes packing maximum sustained winds of up to 65 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 80 kph. “Enteng” is moving northwards at 30 kph, and  is forecast to move near or over the […]

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Light rains to prevail in parts of PHL

(Eagle News)–Light rains are expected in parts of the country as the tail-end of a cold front affects Northern Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said in its recent update that Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region, Ilocos Region and the province of Aurora will experience cloudy skies with light rains. The rest of Central Luzon will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms. PAGASA said  flash floods during […]

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