PAGASA declares onset of Amihan

ABUCAY, Bataan — The Northwest Monsoon (Amihan) season has began, the state weather bureau PAGASA announced Tuesday.

PAGASA announces onset po the Amihan season. PAGAASA administrator Nathaniel Servando said the agency will continue to monitor the situation as the Amihan coincides with the El Niño phenomenon. @gmanews https://t.co/oCbeZXibNf

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PAGASA administrator Nathaniel Servando said the agency will continue to monitor the situation as the Amihan coincides the El Niño phenomenon.

"Effective today, PAGASA issued an official statement na ang Amihan season or Northwest Season has officially started or nag onset na," Servando told the media in Abucay, Bataan.

"So the DOST-PAGASA will closely monitor about the Amihan season, particularly nag coincide ito sa (it coincide with the) very strong El Niño," he added.

"In the coming months, the Amihan is expected to become dominant over most parts of the country, bringing cooler weather, episodes of cold surges, and rough sea conditions," PAGASA said in a statement.

"Furthermore, the shear line, tropical cyclones, and Intertropical Convergence Zone may influence the country's weather conditions during the," it added.

Servando explained that the Amihan will bring cool winds but less rainfall is expected due to the El Niño.

"We expect in the coming days, weeks bago magtapos ang panahon, within the Amihan season, na talagang less ang rainfall," he said.

(Within the Amihan season, we expect less rains in the coming days, weeks.)

"Ang Amihan nagdadala pa rin ng ulan. Bagamat mahina, ito'y nakaapekto sa eastern part ng ating bansa," he added.

(The Amihan will still bring rain. Despite being weak, it will affect the eastern part of our country.)

Even with the prevailing El Niño, Servando said the country can still expect cool winds from November to January.

"Although we expect na relatively, compared to the temperature for the season — November, December, January — warmer than the normal," Servando said, "May mga araw din na malamig but hindi ganoon ka sustained."

(There are cool days but it is not sustained)

Servando made the announcement at the sideline of the groundbreaking ceremony of the PAGASA Abucay Bataan Doppler Radar Station.

According to PAGASA, hotter-than-usual conditions will be experienced over most of the country in the coming 6 months due to El Niño.

The agency earlier said the average temperature across the Philippines is set to rise by 1 to 2 degrees Celsius during the El Niño phenomenon. — BAP, GMA News