Weather Today – May 25, 2015 | Warm days aren’t over yet

Hot weather is unstoppable as warm days are still expected to continue. Despite the trough of low pressure area (LPA) extending over the extreme Northern Luzon, most parts of the country can still experience generally fair weather. Based on PAGASA’s forecast, light to moderate rain showers and thunderstorms will be concentrated over the islands of Batanes, Calayan and Babuyan. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with chances of isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon or evening.

A weather disturbance usually originates in the Pacific Ocean but it can also form over the West Philippine Sea, like what happened to the LPA that we are currently monitoring. Based on our history, there were cyclones that originated in the West Philippine Sea, which entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR).

Meanwhile, warm weather was experienced yesterday with 36.5 degrees Celsius as the highest temperature.

According to PAGASA Weather Forecaster Glaiza Escullar, warm and humid weather is more likely to continue until the beginning of June. Based on climatological records, the onset of the rainy season normally begins by mid-June wherein the southwest monsoon or “Hanging Habagat” will prevail as the dominant weather system.

Though rains are already being dumped over some parts of the country during the past few days, PAGASA clarified that “tag-ulan” has not yet started. These rains are caused by the localized thunderstorms that occur in the latter part of the day. Read more: THUNDERSTORM: Is it normal during “tag-init”?