PAGASA Wet Forecast

Can you feel the blow of the wind nowadays in the Philippines? Windy and cold, is not it? Perhaps on other regions in the Philippines, there is an episodic rain. Now this kind of weather currently in the Philippines seems to have connection with what the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) has forewarned and reported recently.

Yes, recently the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) announced that the first quarter of 2011 will be rainy due to La Nina and northeast monsoon winds that will bring rains and cloudy skies in the Philippines particularly on Southern Luzon Philippines, Eastern Visayas and Northeastern Mindanao skies.

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The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) expected this weather conditions from January up until May 2011, thus, as early as possible the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) already warned residents of the affected region about the impending flashfloods and landslides that will be caused by this weather condition to avoid calamities and tragedies to happen. More flood related problems will arise, as the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) forewarned next year due to La Nina if the government will not do something to combat the expected weather disturbances. Thus, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) strongly urged local governments, especially those expected region that will experience the worst, to prepare this 2011 weather forecast by setting up community-based Flood Early Warning systems (FEWS).

Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)’s Flood Early Warning system(FEWS) is a warning systems that monitors and gathers rain data and river behavior wherein it provides timely warnings to communities about impending floods, thus saving lives, livelihood and properties. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) will provide training support of course to selected groups that will be tasked to operate FEWS on every barangays of every local government in the said affected regions in the Philippines.