MM faces 43-degree weather; 44 C Mother’s Day scorcher in QC
METRO Manila continues to face danger heat index levels, with temperatures expected to hit 42-43 degrees Celsius Monday, according to weather bureau PAGASA.
This is after Quezon City experienced heat index level of 44 degrees Celsius on Sunday, Mother’s Day.
A total of 36 PAGASA weather stations will face danger heat index levels on Monday, up from 33 on Sunday, according to the bureau’s updated computed and daily heat index values.
Aparri, Cagayan is forecast to face the highest heat index at 47 degrees Celsius Monday, a day after the heat index reached
49 degrees Celsius in the area. This is followed by Dagupan City, Tuguegarao City, Roxas City, and Guiuan, Eastern Samar at 46 degrees Celsius.
Laoag City, ISU-Echague, Isabela, and Iloilo City will experience 45 degree Celsius heat index followed by Bacnotan, La Union; San Jose, Occidental Mindoro; Puerto Princesa City and Cuyo, Palawan; and Dumangas, Iloilo, at 44 degrees Celsius heat index.
The following areas are also under danger heat index levels:
Sinait, Ilocos Sur - 42 degrees C
MMSU, Batac, locos Norte - 43 degrees C NVSU Bayombong, Ilocos Norte - 42 degrees C
Iba, Zambales - 42 degrees C
Baler, Aurora - 43 degrees C
Casiguran, Aurora - 42 degrees C
Cubi Pt, Subic Bay, Olongapo City - 42 degrees C
Ambulong, Tanauan, Batangas - 42 degrees C
Aborlan, Palawan - 43 degrees C
Daet, Camarines Norte - 42 degrees C Virac, Catanduanes - 43 degrees C Masbate City, Masbate - 42 degrees C
CBSUA-Pili, Camarines Sur - 42 degrees C
Siquijor, Siquijor - 42 degrees C Catarman, Northern Samar - 43 degrees C Catbalogan, Samar - 43 degrees C Tacloban City, Leyte - 42 degrees C Borongan, Eastern Samar - 42 degrees C Dipolog, Zamboanga del Norte - 42 degrees C
Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur - 42 degrees C
Butuan City, Augean del Norte - 43 degrees C
The El Nino weather pattern has begun to weaken but will continue to fuel above average temperatures across the globe, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Tuesday.
El Nino is a naturally occurring weather phenomenon associated with a disruption of wind patterns that means warmer ocean surface temperatures in the eastern and central Pacific.
El Nino, which occurs on average every two to seven years typically lasts nine to 12 months, can provoke extreme weather phenomena such as wildfires, tropical cyclones and prolonged droughts.