Pagasa: Expect La Niña in next three months
After the sweltering summer months, Filipinos can expect heavy rains caused by the La Niña phenomenon in the next three months, followed by up to 13 typhoons from May to September.
The National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) cited a report from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) that rains can come in the second half of May.
"There is a probability that a La Niña event will develop in the next three months, although it is still early to say if the present conditions in the eastern Pacific Ocean will continue to prevail," it said in a report on its website (www.ndcc.gov.ph) Thursday.
"From May to September, tropical cyclone activity is likely to be near normal with 10-13 tropical cyclones expected," it added.
Citing the Pagasa report dated April 18, the NDCC said the El Niño episode, which started in September 2006, ended as sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific ocean have rapidly cooled down.
It said most statistical and dynamical forecast models predict that sea surface temperatures will continue to decrease in the next three months, and may even lead to the development of a La Niña event.
The NDCC said Filipinos can expect "near normal onset of the rainy season" from the second half of May to first half of June.
From July to September, it said Pagasa predicts the rainfall pattern associated with the southwest monsoon season to be generally near normal in most parts of the country. - GMANews.TV
The National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) cited a report from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) that rains can come in the second half of May.
"There is a probability that a La Niña event will develop in the next three months, although it is still early to say if the present conditions in the eastern Pacific Ocean will continue to prevail," it said in a report on its website (www.ndcc.gov.ph) Thursday.
"From May to September, tropical cyclone activity is likely to be near normal with 10-13 tropical cyclones expected," it added.
Citing the Pagasa report dated April 18, the NDCC said the El Niño episode, which started in September 2006, ended as sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific ocean have rapidly cooled down.
It said most statistical and dynamical forecast models predict that sea surface temperatures will continue to decrease in the next three months, and may even lead to the development of a La Niña event.
The NDCC said Filipinos can expect "near normal onset of the rainy season" from the second half of May to first half of June.
From July to September, it said Pagasa predicts the rainfall pattern associated with the southwest monsoon season to be generally near normal in most parts of the country. - GMANews.TV
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