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Residents play basketball under the heat of the sun near the Pasig River in Baseco Compound, Tondo, Manila on March 16, 2022. The health department previously advised that hotter days may result in heatstroke after state weather bureau PAGASA declared the start of the dry season. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News

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Ariel Rojas

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/177785895123120220316-summer-heat-basketball-baseco-GC-0540.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Residents play basketball under the heat of the sun near the Pasig River in Baseco Compound, Tondo, Manila on March 16, 2022. The health department previously advised that hotter days may result in heatstroke after state weather bureau PAGASA declared the start of the dry season. <em>George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — The warm and humid easterlies blowing from the Pacific will continue to affect the entire country, according to PAGASA.</p><p>It will bring scattered rains over Palawan, Western Visayas, Negros Island Region, Zamboanga Peninsula, and Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.</p><p>Metro Manila and the rest of the country, on the other hand, will continue to experience humid conditions, with possibility of isolated afternoon and/or evening showers or thunderstorms.</p><p>Thirteen localities are forecast to reach danger level heat index this Monday, with Dagupan City likely to peak at 44°C.</p><p>Heat index, or feels-like temperature, estimates how hot it is for the body when factoring humidity with air temperature.</p><p>Other areas expected to hit 42 and 43°C today are:</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>43°C</strong></div><p>• Bacnotan, La Union</p><p>• Laoag City</p><p>• Sinait, Ilocos Sur</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>42°C</strong></div><p>• Aparri, Cagayan</p><p>• Batac City</p><p>• Camiling, Tarlac</p><p>• Cuyo, Palawan</p><p>• Davao City</p><p>• Maasin City</p><p>• San Ildefonso, Bulacan</p><p>• San Jose, Occidental Mindoro</p><p>• Tuguegarao City</p><div><br/></div><p>Under the danger level heat index of 42 to 51°C, heat cramps and heat exhaustion are already possible, with prolonged exposure likely to lead to heat stroke.</p><p>In Metro Manila, the feels-like temperature may reach 38°C in Quezon City and 39°C in Pasay City.</p><p>Meanwhile, a weather disturbance may develop in the coming days, potentially bringing rains over parts of Visayas and Mindanao.</p><p>“Kung inyong mapapansin ang mga kaulapang ito sa bandang labas ng ating Philippine area of responsibility. Ito po ay Intertropical Convergence Zone. Sa loob ng [ITCZ] posibleng may mabuong low pressure area. Pero itong ITCZ ay wala pang epekto sa ating bansa. Pagdating ng Huwebes o Biyernes, maaaring makaapekto ang [ITCZ] sa Visayas at sa Mindanao,” senior weather forecaster Aldczar Aurelio said during the agency’s morning weather broadcast.</p><p>(This cloud cluster outside the Philippine area of responsibility is the Intertropical Convergence Zone [ITCZ]. Within it, a low pressure area may form. However, ITCZ is not yet affecting our country. It may affect Visayas and Mindanao from Thursday or Friday.)</p><p>Intertropical Convergence Zone is the region where winds from the northern and southern hemispheres meet, resulting in cloud formation and heavy rainfall.</p><p>While parts of southern Philippines may receive more rains in the coming days, Angat Dam continues to record a decline in its water level due to lack of rain over the watershed.</p><p>As of 8 a.m. Monday, the water level stood at 182.54 meters, down by 0.40 meters from the previous day.</p><p>Angat Dam supplies 90 percent of Metro Manila’s water needs.</p><p>Its minimum operating level is 180 meters, at which point irrigation supply is reduced to prioritize domestic and commercial consumption.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/abwEQBl3_sY?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>Metro Manila and the rest of the country, on the other hand, will continue to experience humid conditions, with possibility of isolated afternoon and/or evening showers or thunderstorms.</p>

Metro Manila and the rest of the country, on the other hand, will continue to experience humid conditions, with possibility of isolated afternoon and/or evening showers or thunderstorms.

Easterlies to drench western sections of Southern Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao

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Easterlies to drench western sections of Southern Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao

Ariel Rojas,

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Published May 04, 2026 09:43 AM PHT

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