Cyclone-free Christmas Day likely in PH – Pagasa

FILIPINOS are likely to experience a fair-weather on Christmas Day, the state-run weather agency said, noting that it has not spotted any low-pressure area entering the Philippine Area of Responsibility in the next few 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, causing partly cloudy to overcast skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. The same weather system, which brings humid and warm temperatures, would bring cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms to the Bicol Region and Quezon Province, Villamil said. The northeast monsoon, locally known as “amihan,” would prevail over Cagayan, Isabela, and Aurora, where cloudy skies with light rains 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.