Cloudy weather, some rains forecast on April 5 (Saturday)
(Satellite image from Pagasa)
MANILA, Philippines — Cloudy weather conditions with chances of rain are expected due to three weather systems in parts of the country on Saturday, April 5.
This is the forecast of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).
In the agency’s morning forecast, Pagasa weather specialist Grace Casteñeda said, “ang buong bahagi ng Luzon, kasama na diyan ang Metro Manila, ay makakaranas pa rin bahagyang maulap hanggang sa maulap na kalangitan.”
(The entirety of Luzon, including Metro Manila, will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies.)
Isolated light rain showers were forecast in Batanes and the Babuyan Islands due to the northeasterly windflow.
As for the rest of Luzon, warm and humid weather conditions were expected – especially in the late morning to noontime – with a possibility of isolated or sudden rain showers and thunderstorms due to the easterlies, or warm winds from the Pacific Ocean.
Meanwhile, cloudy weather with a chance of moderate to sometimes strong rain showers and thunderstorms was expected in the regions of Davao, Soccsksargen and Zamboanga Peninsula as well as in the provinces of Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi.
This condition is due to the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) where trade winds of the northern and southern hemispheres meet, Castañeda explained.
“Ang nalalabing bahagi naman ng Mindanao maging ang buong bahagi ng Visayas at ang area din ng Palawan ay patuloy pa rin makakaranas ng bahagyang maulap hanggang sa maulap na kalangitan,” she said.
(The rest of Mindanao as well as the entirety of Visayas and the area of Palawan will continue to experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies.)
“Mayroong posibilidad pa rin ng mga isolated o mga biglaang pag-ulan, pagkidlat at pagkulog na dulot ng easterlies,” she added.
(There is still the possibility of isolated or sudden rain showers and thunderstorms due to the easterlies.)
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Pagasa has not monitored any low pressure areas within the country’s area of responsibility.
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It also did not raise a gale warning over the country’s seaboards.
However, the morning forecast did warn of moderate to rough sea conditions with waves reaching between 1.5 to 3.1 meters in extreme Northern Luzon.
Meanwhile, slight to moderate sea conditions with waves between 0.6 to 2.5 meters are expected in the rest of the country’s waters.
