TACLOBAN CITY, Feb. 10 (PNA) -- Northeast monsoon
will continue to dump light to moderate rains in Eastern Visayas until late
March this year, the state weather bureau said.
Mario Peñaranda, chief of the Philippines Atmospheric
Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) Tacloban station said
that rainfall during the early part of the year were not really caused by low
pressure areas, but by the northeast monsoon locally known as “amihan.”
“It is really the amihan that is currently
affecting the region’s climate, bringing high chances of rain from day-to-day
until late March,” he said.
Amihan is a cold and dry air mass, gathering
moisture as it travels across the Pacific Ocean reaching the eastern section of
the Philippines, characterized by widespread cloudiness with rains and showers.
The region approached the year with above normal
rainfall, which triggered flooding and landslides in different parts of the
region, according to Peñaranda.
For January, Tacloban City alone had recorded 582.2
milliliter (mm) of rainfall, beyond the average of 323.9 mm recorded in the
past 30 years for the month.
The official said the first quarter is generally a
wet season in the region and it will be more dry in March due to transition to
summer days.(PNA)
JMC/SQM/Gerico A. Sabalza (OJT)
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