Some parts of the country will still experience cloudy skies and some rain shower on Saturday due to the prevailing northeast monsoon and easterlies, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said on Friday.

Expect colder weather in the coming months as the Northeast Monsoon or “Amihan” season has finally arrived, the state weather bureau PAGASA announced on Tuesday.

Some parts of the country will experience rain on Friday due to the northeast monsoon or “amihan” and the easterlies, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said.

MANILA, Philippines — The state weather bureau declared the start of the northeast monsoon, commonly known as the amihan season, on Tuesday, November 19. For many, the cold winds of the amihan season show that Christmas is truly around the corner. The amihan winds typically come from a stronger high pressure area in Siberia.

The northeast monsoon or amihan and the easterlies continue to affect parts of the country, according to PAGASA’s daily weather forecast posted on Friday afternoon.

The northeast monsoon or amihan will be affecting extreme Northern Luzon while the easterlies will affect the rest of the country, PAGASA reported. Caraga, Davao Region, and Southern Leyte will have cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms due to the easterlies with the possibility that flash floods or landslides will occur due moderate to at times heavy rains Batanes and Babuyan Islands will have cloudy skies with light rains due