Warm weather expected during APEC summit

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) yesterday warned the public of hot and humid weather in Metro Manila during the Asia-Pacific Leaders’ Summit tomorrow and on Thursday.

Tomorrow, the forecast range of temperature in the capital is between 23 and 33 degrees Celsius.

On Thursday, the temperature will be between 24 and 33 degrees Celsius.

The country is experiencing warmer than normal weather despite the onset of the northeast monsoon season due to the prevailing El Niño.

The average temperature in the country is 31 degrees Celsius but the air feels warm due to high humidity, according to PAGASA.

Humidity is the amount of water vapor in the air. Relative humidity refers to the amount of water vapor actually present in the air divided by the amount of water vapor the air can hold.

The higher the relative humidity – which is expressed in percentages – the harder it is for sweat to evaporate, so people feel hotter than the actual temperature.

PAGASA said no weather disturbance is expected to affect the country during the APEC summit.

The whole country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to the easterlies or warm air blowing from the Pacific Ocean.

PAGASA said the coastal waters of Northern Luzon will be moderate to occasionally rough.

Elsewhere, sea conditions will be slight to moderate.

10 meteors per hour

 Meanwhile, PAGASA said the Leonids meteor shower peaks tonight until early tomorrow, with about 10 meteors visible per hour.

The Leonids meteor shower is created by bits of debris left behind by the repeat passages through the inner solar system of comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle, the weather bureau said.

“Its radiance is in the constellation Leo and meteors from this shower can be seen over a period of about two days centered on the early morning hours of Nov. 18 in the eastern section of the sky,” the agency said.