Weather Today – January 4, 2019

Northeast Monsoon affecting Luzon and Visayas. This weather system will bring cloudy skies with light to moderate rains over Cagayan Valley, Aurora, Quezon, Bicol Region and Eastern Visayas. Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains is expected today over Metro Manila, the rest of Luzon and of Visayas. In Mindanao, partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers will be experienced which is caused by the Localized Thunderstorms.

The Northeast Monsoon directly affects the Northern part of Luzon. Aside from the light rains, it also brings cold air which is why some areas in Luzon have been listed as the areas with the lowest temperature as of January 3, 2019.

Due to the effects of Northeast Monsoon, gale warning is raised over the Eastern seaboards of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. Sea travellers with small sea-crafts are not allowed to travel to the sea due to the rough sea condition.

According to PAGASA Weather Forecaster Cris Perez, there is no weather disturbance being monitored outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) within 3 to 5 days. As the start of this year, PAGASA released the list of Tropical Cyclone names for 2019. Mr. Perez says, once a storm enters PAR, it will be given its local name which has an alphabetical order.