Pagasa warns of big waves due to monsoon surge

MANILA, Philippines – The weather bureau warned the public yesterday against big waves in the northern and western seaboards of Northern Luzon following the surge of the northeast monsoon.

In an advisory, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said the northern and western seaboards of Northern Luzon would experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rains in the next 24 hours.

“Fishing boats and other small seacraft are advised not to venture out to sea while bigger seacraft are alerted against big waves,” the advisory said.

Sea conditions in these areas would be rough to very rough with wave heights expected at 2.8 to 5.0 meters, Pagasa said.

Meanwhile, Pagasa said a diffused tail-end of a cold front and the intertropical convergence zone are expected to bring light rains to Northern Luzon and Mindanao in the next 24 hours.

The extreme Northern Luzon will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered light rains, while Mindanao would have mostly cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms.

The rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms.

Pagasa said moderate to strong winds blowing from the northeast would prevail over extreme Northern Luzon and its coastal waters would be moderate to rough. – Helen Flores

Elsewhere, winds will be light to moderate coming from the northeast and east with slight to moderate seas except during thunderstorms, according to Pagasa.  — Helen Flores