The northeast monsoon or “amihan” and the tail-end of a cold front will be the dominant weather systems across the country over the weekend as the low-pressure area off the Philippine Sea dissipated yesterday.
Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration weather specialist Ezra Bulquerin said the tail-end of a cold front, which is the boundary between the cold northeast monsoon and warm easterly winds, may bring cloudy skies with scattered light to moderate with at times heavy rains and thunderstorms over Sorsogon, Masbate, Northern Samar, Samar, and Eastern Samar.
The northeast monsoon could bring cloudy skies with light rains over Aurora, Quezon, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Albay, Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino, Abra, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga, Mountain Province, and Apayao.
Expect occasional rush of cold amihan wind in the coastal and mountainous areas.
Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains due to amihan. Mountainous and coastal communities may feel intermittent strong amihan winds.
Partly cloudy to cloudy skies in the morning with chances of isolated rain showers due to localized thunderstorms are likely across the rest of the country. Flood-prone and landslide prone areas have to take extra precaution during a severe thunderstorm.
Meanwhile, Batangas and Cavite may experience isolated rains due to the combined effects of Taal Volcano’s activity and the amihan.
The possibility of reduced visibility and mudflow during ash fall and occurrence of light to moderate rains remains. There is also a potential for isolated thunderstorms in the vicinity of the volcano. (Ellalyn Ruiz)
