Weather Today – April 24, 2015 | Ice Cream Weather continues

Once again, it’s the perfect day to cool down with an ice cream cone as temperatures continue to soar. Easterlies, winds that have warm and humid properties, prevail over the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), particularly in the eastern section of the country. The whole archipelago can expect generally fair weather with chances of isolated rain showers or thunderstorms mostly in the afternoon or evening.

Meanwhile, no gale warning was issued today though fishing boats are still alerted to take caution in the seaboards of Northern Luzon as moderate to occasionally rough sea conditions will be experienced. The rest of the country will have slight to moderate seas throughout the day.

As of now, no weather disturbance is being monitored outside the boundary. PAGASA Weather Forecaster Chris Perez said the country will most likely be “bagyo-free” within the remaining days of April.

Yesterday, General Santos City at 37.2 degrees Celsius, topped the list of the areas that experienced the highest temperature.

On the other hand, PAGASA continues to monitor the dry spell, which is currently affecting 30 provinces in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. Dry spell happens when below the normal rainfall conditions are experienced within three consecutive months or two consecutive months of way below normal rainfall conditions.

Looking back in Philippine history, this is not the first time that our country experiences the effect of dry spell. In fact, last 2009 to 2010, several parts of the archipelago have suffered from the impact of dry spell, which according to PAGASA Weather Forecaster Manny Mendoza, was triggered by the moderate El Niño.

Read more about here: Decrypting the Dry Spell