Rainy New Year – PAGASA

MANILA, Philippines — Two weather systems are expected to bring rains in many parts of Luzon, including Metro Manila, on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said yesterday.

The Bicol region, Cagayan, Isabela, Aurora and Quezon province, including Polillo Island, will experience cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms due to the tail-end of a frontal system.

The northeast monsoon, meanwhile, will bring cloudy skies with rains over the Cordillera Administrative Region and the rest of Cagayan Valley region.

Metro Manila will also have cloudy skies with rains today and tomorrow, PAGASA weather specialist Raymond Ordinario said.

Baguio City will likewise experience rainy weather today and tomorrow, with temperatures ranging from 15 to 23 degrees Celsius.

Luzon residents can expect an improvement in weather conditions by Saturday.

Ordinario said the Visayas and Mindanao, except for Northern Mindanao, will have fair weather apart from isolated rains due to thunderstorms.

No tropical cyclone is expected to affect the country in the next three days, he said.

One tropical cyclone is predicted to enter or develop inside the country in January, Ordinario said.