PAGASA sees hot weather, rains

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration on Thursday, Feb. 22, said the easterlies remain the dominant weather system in the country.

Weather specialist Benison Estareja said most parts of the country may still expect hot weather and rains.

“Magiging mainit pa rin sa malaking bahagi ng bansa dulot pa rin ng easterlies o iyong hangin galing sa silangan particularly the Pacific Ocean at ito pa rin ang magdadala ng mainit na panahon at pag-ulan sa bahagi ng Mindanao (It will be hot in huge parts of the country due to the easterlies or the winds from the east particularly the Pacific Ocean, which will still bring hot weather and rains to parts of Mindanao),” Estareja said.

He said PAGASA has been monitoring a cloud cluster in the Pacific Ocean, but it is not expected to develop into a tropical cyclone.

“Base sa ating latest satellite animation, mayroon tayong cloud clusters sa may gitnang Pacific Ocean, pero hindi naman iyan inaasahang lalapit sa ating kalupaan at hindi magiging bagyo sa mga susunod na araw (Based on the latest satellite animation, we have monitored cloud clusters in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, but it is not expected to move near our archipelago and to form into a tropical cyclone),” he said.

Estareja said fair weather will prevail over Northern Luzon and the western section of Central Luzon. “Kapag sinabi nating fair weather, wala tayong inaasahang malalakas na ulan at malakas na hangin (When we say fair weather, we do not expect strong rains and strong winds),” he said.