Philippine Each day Inquirer information
MANILA, Philippines — Hailstorm occurred in some components of Quezon Metropolis on Monday afternoon, in response to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Providers Administration (Pagasa).
Climate specialist Mary Could Calimoso of the Nationwide Capital Area Pagasa Regional Providers Division instructed INQUIRER.web that the hail occasion affected Balintawak, primarily based on their satellite tv for pc imagery.
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“Based mostly on the satellite tv for pc picture, it occurred at round 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. within the space of Balintawak, however it’s not fastened in that space as a result of the cloud was transferring,” Calimoso mentioned in a cellphone interview.
She added that hailstorms might seemingly happen in Central Luzon, too for the reason that space is experiencing heavy rainfall as of Monday night.
“No experiences have reached us but, however most probably, there must be related occurrences in Central Luzon due to heavy rain in that space,” the climate specialist mentioned.
Scorching and moist air
When requested why a hail occasion happens, Calimoso defined that easterlies normally deliver sizzling and moist air, and with sufficient moisture, she added that it may result in the formation of clouds.
“The warmer it’s, the extra moisture could also be current. This implies extra probabilities of thunderstorms to kind,” she mentioned.
Calimoso additional disclosed that the continual improvement of thunderstorms might trigger them to overshoot to the troposphere, the place the temperature is cooler.
“Each time there are formations of huge thunderstorms, they typically attain the troposphere the place they settle down and kind ice. As soon as these ice turns into heavy, they fall as hail,” she added.
When requested if extra hail occasions might happen within the following days, Calimoso mentioned that Pagasa solely expects extra thunderstorm occasions on Tuesday in varied components of the nation.
Earlier, the state climate bureau issued a thunderstorm advisory warning residents that “reasonable to Heavy rain showers with lightning and robust winds” will likely be skilled over Metro Manila, Laguna, Quezon, Rizal, Pampanga, and Bataan.
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It added that thunderstorms additionally occurred within the following areas:
- Cavite (Normal Emilio Aguinaldo, Magallanes, Maragondon, Indang, Naic, Trece Martires), Bulacan (Bulakan, Bocaue, Balagtas, Santa Maria)
- Nueva Ecija (Licab, Quezon, Santo Domingo, Zaragoza, San Antonio, Jaen, Santa Rosa, Aliaga, Guimba)
- Tarlac (Tarlac Metropolis, San Jose, Moncada, Paniqui, Santa Ignacia, Mayantoc, Gerona, La Paz, Victoria, Ramos, Pura)
- Zambales (Santa Cruz, Candelaria, Masinloc, Palauig, Iba, Cabangan, San Felipe, San Narciso, San Antonio)
- Batangas (Nasugbu).
