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PAGASA issues El Niño advisory, says temp could exceed 40°C in some parts of PHL


PAGASA has issued El Niño Advisory No. 1 as the phenomenon — which is already being felt in the Pacific — is expected to go full blown by the end of February or March.

"Itinaas na po natin ngayong araw na ito because El Niño is present in the tropical Pacific, weak El Niño po siya," Climate Information monitoring section chief Analiza Solis said at a press briefing on Wednesday.

Solis said that with El Niño, temperature during the summer could reach 40.7 degrees, particularly in Tuguegarao, Cagayan; while Metro Manila could experience temperatures as high as 38.2 degrees.

Esperanza Cayanan, PAGASA Weather Division chief, said the weak El Niño could also affect the country's energy supply.

Cayanan said water levels in dams could become low due to El Niño, and as a result 

Cayanan said the low of supply of water in dams will not supply enough electricity in Metro Manila, causing brown outs.

PAGASA Administrator Vicente Malano said an El Niño watch has already been issued as early as July last year, but the weather phenomenon did not develop yet around that time.

El Niño is now likely to come at the end of the month or in March, according to the agency.

"Mataas na ang percentage na mabubuo nga talaga itong El Niño na ito," Malano said.

PAGASA said as of the moment, not enough water rainfall has been recorded in the country, with some provinces reporting droughts or dry spell.

Malano said the government of Bohol has already requested for a cloud seeding operation in the province due to the lack of water in its dam that supplies irrigation water in rice fields in the central part of Bohol.

Malano added that water supply in other provinces have already gone below normal.

El Niño happens when water in the east equatorial Pacific gets warm while the water in the western Pacific stays cool, making the chances of rain lower. — MDM, GMA News

 

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