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BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017
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ILOILO City – Ilonggos woke up to teeth-chattering temperatures on Valentine’s Day yesterday.
But they should brace for more chilly mornings, most especially at dawn, according to Ricky Dador of the Dumangas Agromet Weather Station.
The dip in temperatures these past few days, however, should not be surprising. This time of the year, the northeast monsoon ushers in cold winds from Siberia, said Dador.
Temperatures have been averaging between 25 to 32 degrees Celsius lately.
Yesterday’s “cuddle weather” temperatures further dropped within 24 to 30 degrees Celsius, said Dador.
The Dumangas Agromet Weather Station is based in Dumangas, Iloilo. Dador said temperatures will further plummet between 24 to 29 degrees in the next few days and frosty weather will prevail until middle of March.
Ice in Siberia is melting and the northeast monsoon is blowing this down to the Philippines, according to Dador.
Siberia (North Asia) basically has short summers and long and extremely cold winters.
Meanwhile, partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains will prevail over Western Visayas today, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Adminsitration (Pagasa).
The country can experience moderate to strong winds blowing from the northeast and moderate to rough seas, it added.
Strong to gale-force winds associated with surge of amihan (northeast monsoon) may affect seaboards of Northern Luzon, eastern seaboards of Luzon and the Visayas, western seaboards of Central Luzon, Southern Luzon and the Visayas as well as eastern seaboard of Mindanao.
The seaboards cover Iloilo, Guimaras, Negros Occidental, northern and southern coast of the Mindoro provinces, Romblon, Palawan, Batanes, Calayan, Babuyan, Cagayan, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Isabela, Aurora, the Camarines provinces, Catanduanes, eastern coasts of Albay, Sorsogon and Quezon including Polillo Island, northern and eastern coast of Samar, eastern coast of Southern Leyte, Zambales, and Bataan.
“Fishing boats and other small seacraft are advised not to venture out into sea while larger sea vessels are alerted against big waves,” said Pagasa./PN
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