The warm and humid easterly winds will bring hot and dry mornings with chances of rains in the afternoon or evening throughout the remainder of this month.
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration said the whole country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms mostly in the afternoon or evening due to the warm but humid winds coming from the Pacific.
It is expected that air temperatures across the country may go higher as the hot and dry season progresses.
Sudden but short-lived rains or thunderstorms, especially in the late afternoon or early evening, will become more prevalent as the country transitions from the warm and dry episode to the wet or southwest monsoon season, locally called “habagat.”
PAGASA said one to two tropical cyclones may form in the country next month.
The State weather bureau noted that “near normal” rainfall conditions can be expected over most parts of Luzon and Mindanao while “below normal” rainfall condition is expected in the Visayas.
The onset of rainy season may commence between the second half of May and first half of June.
Warm moist winds from the southwest may begin to cause rains over the western portion of the country from the latter part of May and may last until September. (Ellalyn V. Ruiz)
