MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said on Wednesday that hotter days would be likely in the coming days, which may also see the declaration of the onset of the dry months, as the northeast monsoon season, locally known as ‘amihan’, was about to end. Weather specialist Chenel Dominguez, in a 5 a.m. briefing, said that the cool, dry winds brought by amihan were only being experienced in Central Luzon and Northern Luzon, particularly over Batanes, Cagayan, and Isabela, where cloudy skies with light rains would prevail. The same weather system is also affecting Metro Manila, Cordillera Administrative Region, Ilocos Region, Central Luzon, and the rest of Cagayan Valley, bringing partly cloudy to overcast skies with isolated light rain. The rest of the country, meanwhile, would experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers due to localized thunderstorms. Without any low-pressure area monitored inside or outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility, most parts of the archipelago could expect a generally fair weather, it added.