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Weather Today – December 31, 2017

The Low Pressure Area (LPA) has entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) and was last spotted at 960 km east of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur. PAGASA Weather Forecaster Samuel Duran said that if it develops into a Tropical Cyclone, it will be named “Agaton”, the first “bagyo” for 2018. Based on the initial track of the weather bureau, it is expected to traverse Eastern Visayas or Eastern Mindanao area tomorrow afternoon or on Tuesday morning.

Apart from the LPA, two other weather systems prevail. These include the Tail-end of a Cold Front affecting Bicol Region and Eastern Visayas and the Northeast Monsoon or Hanging Amihan affecting Northern and Central Luzon. Bicol Region and Eastern Visayas will have a rainy finale for the year due to cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms.

Meanwhile, Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), Aurora and Quezon will experience cloudy skies with scattered rains. Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rains. The remaining parts of the archipelago will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers.

Gale warning is still in effect in the seaboards of Northern Luzon and the eastern seaboard of Central Luzon, as well as the eastern and western seaboards of Southern Luzon and Visayas. Fishing boats and other small seacraft are not allowed to venture out into the sea while larger sea vessels are alerted against big waves.

The surge of Hanging Amihan continues to affect temperatures, bringing colder weather mostly in the early morning. PAGASA has recorded the following temperatures yesterday, December 30, 2017:

Baguio City – 12.7°C
Tanay, Rizal – 16.0°C
Itbayat, Batanes – 18.5°C