Cold weather to last until end of February

Filipinos will continue enjoying the cold weather up to the end of February, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Wednesday. But PAGASA forecaster Elvie Enriquez said Filipinos should expect the weather to gradually heat up as summer sets in this March. PAGASA traced the cold weather to the Northeast monsoon. "We expect the cold weather to stay throughout February but in March, the weather will heat up as summer comes in," Enriquez told dzBB radio in Filipino. In its 5 a.m. bulletin on Wednesday, PAGASA said Northern Luzon and Visayas would experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered light rains, while Mindanao will have mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. The rest of Luzon will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rainshowers, it added. Moderate to strong winds blowing from the northeast will prevail throughout the archipelago and coastal waters will be moderate to rough. PAGASA also said strong wind would likely affect the seaboards of Luzon, Visayas and Eastern Mindanao. — NPA, GMANews.TV