PAGASA: Weather to gradually improve as habagat weakens

Metro Manila, August 4 ------ Metro Manila and other parts of the country will see better weather after several days of rains due to the southwest monsoon or habagat enhanced by typhoon Khanun (formerly Falcon), PAGASA said.

Khanun left the Philippine area of responsibility on Tuesday and was last spotted 715 kilometers northeast of Itbayat, Batanes at 3 a.m. on Friday. "Yung dating si bagyong Falcon ay patuloy pong kumikilos, though mabagal…papalayo ng ating area of responsibility kaya yung epekto po ng habagat kahit papaano ay nababawasan sa ilang bahagi ng ating bansa," PAGASA weather forecaster Ana Clauren Jorda told TeleRadyo Serbisyo. The habagat will still bring occasional rains in Pangasinan, Zambales, and Bataan, Jorda said.

Cloudy weather expected in the Cordilleras, Batanes, Babuyan islands, Occidental Mindoro, parts of Ilocos region, and Central Luzon, she added. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will experience “gradual improve of weather,” Jorda said. “Posible pong maulap hanggang sa bahagyang maulap na lang ang ating kalangitan ngayong umaga, then hapon, gabi doon na lang po ulit natin inaasahan ang mga pag-ulan. Humina na po yung mga ulan na inaasahan natin ngayong maghapon kumpara po sa mga naranasan natin noong mga nakaraang araw,” she said.

PAGASA has not monitored any low pressure area that could affect the country in the next 3 to 5 days, she said. “Improving na po, hanggang sa weekend po ay mas maayos na panahon ang ating inaasahan sa malaking bahagi po ng ating bansa,” Jorda said. Falcon had stirred monsoon rains on the heels of typhoon Egay, which unleashed floods in parts of Luzon and left at least 27 dead.

Source: news.abs-cbn.com