Pagasa may announce rainy season, considering key factors

Daphne Galvez 05/29/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) may declare the onset of the rainy season in the country this week, but certain must be considered before the weather bureau can do it.…

Super Typhoon Mawar may whip up monsoon rain in Luzon, Visayas next week

John Eric Mendoza - Reporter / @JEMendozaINQ 05/25/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Super Typhoon Mawar, heading toward the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR), may bring about monsoon rain over parts of Luzon and Visayas next week, state meteorologists said Thursday. “Mawar is forecast to enhance the…

Monsoon trough brings rains in Palawan; fair weather for rest of PH

John Eric Mendoza 09/03/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The entire island of Palawan on Friday, September 3, 2021, will experience cloudy and rainy weather as the monsoon trough prevails in the western part of Luzon, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration…

Metro Manila records coldest morning yet

JHESSET O. ENANO 02/01/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Metro Manila recorded its lowest temperature yet this monsoon season on Sunday, the weather service said. In the Pagasa Science Garden in Quezon City, the temperature was recorded at 19.9 degrees Celsius at 6…

Amihan will continue to bring rains, rough seas this Valentine’s week

Rosalie Abatayo 02/09/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Don’t forget your rain gear as you get yourself ready for this new workweek. The state weather bureau has warned the public that the weather will remain to be cold with widespread rains…

Rains will continue until Tuesday — Pagasa

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/14/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Hold your umbrellas up until Tuesday, June 16. Joey Figuracion, a weather specialist at the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) in Mactan, said the wet weather brought by the southwest…

‘Gardo’ enters PAR; monsoon rain forecast in Luzon, Visayas

Fe Marie Dumaboc, Inquirer.net 07/09/2018

Typhoon Gardo has entered the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) early Monday. Parts of Luson and Visayas will experience monsoon rain enhanced by the typhoon, said Jhomer Eclarino, Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)weather specialist.…

Rainshowers expected due to trough of LPA, northeast monsoon

Inquirer.net 02/04/2018

THE TROUGH of the low pressure area (LPA) will prevail over the Visayas while a northeast monsoon, or amihan, will affect Luzon, according to the bulletin issued at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical…

Monsoon trough bring rains over Luzon, Visayas

Inquirer.net 06/27/2017

The state weather bureau predicts rainshowers and thunderstorms over parts of Luzon and Visayas on Wednesday due to the effects of the “monsoon trough” over southern Luzon. In his report on the weather forecast for the next…

LGUs told to be ready, monitor weather

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/19/2016

While Cebu may experience a rainy Christmas this week, the state weather bureau Pagasa said it remains unclear if there will be a tropical depression or not. “There is a fifty percent chance that it will form…

‘Whirlwind’ damages tents at bus terminal, injures two

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/19/2016

CEBU CITY—Southwest monsoon or “habagat” have triggered sudden bursts of wind along N. Bacalso Avenue in Cebu City on Friday afternoon that damaged the back portion of the Cebu South Bus Terminal. Manny John Agbay, weather specialist…

20 feared dead in India’s bridge collapse

08/04/2016

Mumbai — Rescuers were searching on Wednesday for 20 people missing and feared dead after two buses plunged into a fast-flowing river in western India when a bridge collapsed in torrential monsoon rain, officials said. Emergency workers…

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