Northeast monsoon to bring rains to parts of Luzon over New Year — PAGASA

As the new year festivities are just days ahead, mostly cloudy skies and rains are expected to affect parts of Northern Luzon, while the rest of the country will see isolated showers, according to the state weather bureau on Friday.

In a weekly weather bulletin released at 12:00 p.m., the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said that the said weather condition is likely to happen from Dec. 31 to Jan. 2.

Areas including Batanes and Cagayan are likely to experience mostly cloudy skies with rains due to the Northeast Monsoon, while the Ilocos Region and the Cordillera Administrative Region will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains.

For the rest of the country, PAGASA said to expect partly cloudy to cloudy skies due to the effects of the Easterlies and localized thunderstorms.

Meanwhile, for the immediate period of Dec. 26 to 27, the Northeast Monsoon will bring cloudy skies with rains over Batanes and the Babuyan Islands.

During these same days, mainland Cagayan, Apayao, and Isabela are forecast to have mostly cloudy skies with light rains.

From Dec. 28 to 30, the weather bureau expects the Northeast Monsoon to continue bringing rains over Batanes and Cagayan.
The Easterlies is also expected to bring mostly cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms to the Bicol Region, Eastern Visayas, and Caraga.

PAGASA noted that the outlook remains subject to change. “This weather outlook will be updated if there are significant changes in the forecast scenario through the issuance of 24-hour Public Weather Forecasts and Weather Advisories,” the bureau stated. — Edg Adrian A. Eva