THE Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration announced on Wednesday the termination of the northwest monsoon.
The day-to-day weather will gradually become warmer and drier.
Apart from the onset of summer, Pagasa Administrator Vicente Malano said the dominance of the extended ridge of North Pacific’s high-pressure area and the easterly winds were partly responsible for the drier season.
“This would also signify the start of the dry season,” he added.
Despite such, some isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms are expected in the afternoon or evening, particularly over the eastern sections.
Rusy Abastillas, a Pagasa climatologist, said the hot dry season would be shorter.
“The dry season would usually begin in March, but it did not,” she told the Manila Standard.