PH to have generally fair-weather Christmas Day —Pagasa

MANILA, Philippines — Filipinos would have the chance to celebrate a generally fair-weather Christmas Day on Thursday, as the state-run weather agency said that it has not spotted any low-pressure area entering the country’s area of responsibility for the next three to five days. Weather specialist Daniel James Villamil of the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said that in the meantime, the easterlies would prevail over Metro Manila and the rest of the country, where partly cloudy to overcast skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms are likely. The same weather system, which brings humid and warm temperatures, will also affect the Bicol region and Quezon province with cloudy skies, scattered rain showers, and thunderstorms, Villamil said. The northeast monsoon, locally known as ‘amihan’, would prevail over Cagayan, Isabela, and Aurora, where cloudy skies with light rain would be likely in 24 hours, the national weather bureau said. Amihan would also be experienced over Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, the rest of Cagayan Valley, and the rest of Central Luzon, where partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains would be likely, it added.