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00:00 The country experienced a heatwave last Saturday. The temperature in Pasay City, Naiya, was recorded breaking. It reached 38.8 degrees Celsius.
00:10 Before that, we have another issue. We will now listen to Benison Estareja, weather specialist from Pagasa. Good morning.
00:19 Good morning. We are in the province of Matagsipay.
00:23 The temperature in Pasay was 38.8 degrees Celsius last Saturday. When was the highest temperature recorded in Metro Manila before this?
00:33 You are right, we had 38.8 degrees Celsius this Saturday, April 27, in Naiya, Pasay City.
00:40 And this was surpassed by our record in 1915. So that was 109 years ago. 38.6 degrees Celsius in the port area of Manila.
00:50 Last year, the UN reported that the global warming is over and they're mentioning global boiling. How is this being prepared by Pagasa?
01:02 Yes. The United Nations declared the so-called global boiling last year.
01:09 This means that it emphasizes the impacts of possible warming of our Earth.
01:15 There are consequences like extreme drought, extreme rainfalls.
01:21 We are highlighting the global boiling, the possibilities of forest fires, earthquakes, heatwaves throughout the world.
01:30 But here in the Philippines, we will most likely experience earthquakes.
01:34 Okay. For the record, when was the highest temperature and heat index recorded in the country?
01:41 So far, our records of heat indexes, in the past 100 years, it's not yet established, highly established.
01:50 So our record last year, we had 48 degrees in Butuan, 51 degrees in San Jose Occidental Mindoro.
01:58 So far, the records for this year, we can say it's more official.
02:04 The 53 degrees yesterday in Ibasambales is the highest.
02:08 Okay. What is the record in Metro Manila?
02:11 For Metro Manila, in terms of heat index, in Pasay City, we recorded 46 degrees Celsius.
02:18 How is the monitoring in El Nino and La Nina, Benny Son?
02:23 El Nino is projected to be weak and will weaken by April, May and June season.
02:34 We expect that La Nina will enter the second half of this year, maybe July or August.
02:40 But the impact of La Nina, we can say we will experience towards the end of the year, the higher chance of rain.
02:48 We expect that there will be a slight delay in the beginning of the rain this month of June.
02:53 But our rains are normal.
02:57 Benny Son, if it's hot this April, will it be hotter in May?
03:01 Yes Egan, we're expecting that our records will be similar for the first two weeks of May.
03:09 What we experienced this last week of April, it will be similar or slightly higher in terms of air temperatures and in terms of heat indices, especially in Luzon and Visayas.
03:22 Will the rainy season delay because of that, Benny Son?
03:26 There are studies that because of the El Nino, it's possible that there will be a slight delay, maybe days or weeks.
03:38 So maybe in the middle of June, the beginning of the rainy season.
03:41 What is your projection for today, heat index?
03:43 For Metro Manila, we're expecting the heat index to reach 43 degrees by the afternoon.
03:50 The areas in Luzon and Visayas are still in dangerous levels, 42 degrees or higher, and the highest possible for today in Dagupan with 47 degree celsius.
04:01 Thank you very much Benny Son Estareja, weather specialist from Pag-asa. Be careful.
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