Pack your umbrellas and grab your jackets! PAGASA officially declares the start of the rainy season www.cnn.ph
Posted by CNN Philippines on Thursday, June 11, 2020
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, June 13) – “Butchoy” is now a tropical storm and already exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration’s (PAGASA) latest update.
It is official. The rainy days are here.
Signal No. 1 has also been lifted in all areas.
The center of Butchoy was last seen at 415 km west northwest of Dagupan, Pangasinan or 380 km west of Sinait, Ilocos Sur at 10pm.
PAGASA declared Friday the onset of the rainy season.
The occurrence of scattered thunderstorms, Tropical Depression “BUTCHOY” and the Southwest Monsoon (Habagat) during the last five days have brought significant amount of rains over the western sections of Luzon and Visayas,” the bureau said in a statement, adding that “this satisfies the criteria of the start of the rainy season.”
It has maximum sustained winds of 65 kilometers per hour and a gustiness of up to 80 kph.
But PAGASA weather forecaster Ana Clauren said in a media briefing that the country would still experience dry periods or monsoon breaks.
PAGASA also said that light to moderate rains at times heavy rains will be experienced in Zambales, Bataan, Pangasinan, the northern portion of Palawan including Calamian and Cuyo Islands, and Occidental Mindoro, between Friday night and Saturday morning.
Metro Manila will have improved weather conditions by Sunday or Monday, the bureau earlier noted.
The tropical depression made landfall yesterday over Polilio Islands and Infanta, Quezon.
