Most of the country will experience sunny weather, but the
northeast monsoon or "Hanging Amihan" will bring light rains to eastern
areas. Small seacraft in Northern Luzon have been warned of big waves,
also due to the monsoon.
"With no development of
any tropical weather disturbance expected for the next several days,
the whole country will continue to experience generally clear skies
except over the eastern sections of the archipelago, where light rains
will prevail due to the prevailing northeasterly wind flow. Coastal
waters over the seaboard of northern Luzon will be very rough and
dangerous to small seacraft," said GMA resident meteorologist Nathaniel
"Mang Tani" Cruz.
PAGASA forecaster Buddy Javier
said there is no potential cyclone or weather disturbance near the
Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) at this time.
"Maganda ang panahon natin. Ang nakakaapekto lang sa atin ang amihan sa
Luzon. Ang buong bansa magiging maaraw maliban sa pagulan sa dakong
hapon o gabi sa silangang bahagi," he said in an interview on dzBB
radio.
He said waves as high as 3.4 to 4.5 meters may threaten fishermen and small seacraft at the seaboards of Northern Luzon.
This is due to the northeast monsoon triggering such waves, he said.
PAGASA's 5 a.m. bulletin said the whole country will be generally sunny
aside from light rain in the afternoon or evening over the eastern
section.
Moderate to strong winds blowing from the northeast will prevail over Luzon and its coastal waters will be moderate to rough.
Elsewhere, winds will be light to moderate coming from the northeast with slight to moderate seas.
On the other hand, PAGASA said strong to gale-force winds associated
with the northeast monsoon may affect the northern seaboard of Northern
Luzon.
"Fishing boats and other small seacrafts
are advised not to venture out into the sea while larger sea vessels are
alerted against big waves," it said. — TJD, GMA News
