Weather Today – June 24, 2015 | Rainy season sets in, ITCZ prevails

Since the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) declared the onset of rainy season yesterday, more frequent thunderstorms are expected over the western section of the country. Compared to the hot and dry season, thunderstorms can occur in any part of the day, even in the early morning.

Today, the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) remains as the dominant weather system, bringing cloudy skies with light to moderate rain showers and thunderstorms over Mindanao. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms.

According to PAGASA Weather Forecaster Meno Mendoza, the tropical cyclone Kujira has made landfall over Vietnam and continues to move farther away from the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR). He added that the southwest monsoon or habagat may have gradually weakened but is still expected to intensify in the coming days.

Mendoza advises the public to keep monitoring updates because there is still a possibility for a weather disturbance to enter or develop within the PAR before the month of June ends. The weather bureau will continue monitoring the cloud clusters embedded along the ITCZ.