Weather Today – February 1, 2016 | Chill of Amihan, warmth of Easterlies

As generally fair weather is expected to prevail in most parts of the country, the start of love month may be rainy for some due to the presence of the Northeast Monsoon and Easterlies.

The Northeast Monsoon, locally known as Amihan, continues to affect the extreme Northern Luzon. It will bring light rains over Batanes, Calayan and the Babuyan group of Islands. Amihan is cold and dry air coming from Mainland China or Siberia, which usually starts to affect the country during the ber months, and peaks every January or February.

The cold breeze may not be as dominant as the past few days. In fact, PAGASA has recorded 15 degrees Celsius in the “City of Pines” yesterday, a bit higher than the previous week.

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Despite the fluctuating temperatures, PAGASA Weather Forecaster says that the Amihan will prevail this February together with other weather systems. These include the Easterlies, Tail End of a Cold Front, Ridge of High Pressure Area, Low Pressure Area and Tropical Cyclone.

For small fishing boats in the northern seaboard of Northern Luzon, sea travel remains risky as the surge of the Amihan continues. Rough to very rough sea conditions are expected.

Meanwhile, the warm and moist characteristics of the Easterlies will dump light to moderate rains and thunderstorms in Eastern Visayas, CARAGA and Davao Oriental. The rest of the country, including Metro Manila, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with chances of isolated rain showers or thunderstorms.

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