Summer just around the corner — Pagasa

MANILA, Philippines -  Put away your jackets, take out your sunglasses and lather on sunscreen as summer is just around the corner.

“We are observing higher temperature in most parts of the country, including Metro Manila. Easterlies have set in,” Chris Perez, Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) weather forecaster, said yesterday.

Perez said they expect the end of the northeast monsoon that brings cold and dry air from China and Siberia on the first week of this month.

He said the northeast monsoon would still affect parts of Northern Luzon in the next two to three days.

Last year, PAGASA declared the onset of the dry season on March 18.