June to have rainy start – PAGASA

Grab yourself an umbrella this June as typical monsoon rains may affect the tip of Northern Luzon on Wednesday, bringing rains that might extend over the whole of the region and Visayas by the weekend, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said. This Wednesday and Thursday, PAGASA said the southwest monsoon or “habagat” is expected to bring occasional light to moderate rains over extreme Northern Luzon. MB File ( Photo by Ali Vicoy) Meanwhile, the extension of a high pressure area, an anti-cyclone weather system, will prevail over the eastern section of Luzon and Visayas. PAGASA said the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms mostly in the afternoon or evening. Light to moderate winds coming from the southeast to southwest will prevail over Luzon and coming from the east to southeast over the rest of the [...]