Pagasa: El Niño, La Niña conditions no longer expected until September
Residents push their motorcycles through a flooded street caused by heavy rains brought about by Tropical Storm Trami in Naga City, Camarines Sur province on October 24, 2024. (Photo by ZALRIAN SAYAT / AFP)
MANILA, Philippines — La Niña conditions are no longer observed or expected to develop in the Philippines and in the tropical Pacific until September this year.
This information comes from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).
Deviations from the average sea surface temperature reached neutral levels in the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), according to the national weather agency in a bulletin on Friday.
This means, both the warm El Niño and the cool La Niña are not the prevailing conditions anymore.
The agency also said La Niña-like patterns of above-normal rainfalls in parts of Luzon, most of the Bicol Region, Eastern Visayas and northeastern Mindanao, are “not likely to linger.”
“With this development, [the Department of Science and Technology] Pagasa ENSO Alert and Warning System Status is ‘inactive,’” the agency said.
“El Niño or La Niña conditions are not observed or expected to develop in the tropical Pacific within the next three (3) months,” it observed.
“And ENSO-neutral condition[s are] favored until [the] September-October-November 2025 season,” it added.
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Noting the onset of the warm and dry season, Pagasa is still advising the public and the government to take precautionary measures against heat stress.
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In January, the agency retained the La Niña alert, projecting weak La Niña conditions to persist through February, March and April.
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