The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said there will be fewer or an average number of storms to enter or form within the Philippine area of responsibility this year.
“We have not experienced a single typhoon, so it’s either below to near-normal numbers of typhoons,” Climate Monitoring and Prediction Section chief Ana Liza Solis said.
She added that it is not yet the rainy season, as the presence of rain and winds blowing from the west would signal its onset.
“A five-day period called pentad must have an accumulated rainfall of 25 millimeters, with three consecutive days recording at least 1 mm rain. If more than 50 percent of the monitoring stations observe this, that’s when the rainy season onset is declared,” Solis said.
“It’s not yet rainy season, although we have been experiencing afternoon and evening rains, particularly in Metro Manila and other parts of Luzon. Not a single monitoring station has satisfied the criteria to declare the beginning of the wet season,” she added.