Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News 

MANILA — The amihan or northeast monsoon season that signals the onset of colder weather associated with Christmas could begin next week, PAGASA said Tuesday. 

The amihan season usually starts between the second week of October and mid-November, PAGASA weather forecaster Lorie Dela Cruz noted. 

“Ang estimate po natin, possible by next week posibleng magkaroon na [ng amihan],” she told TeleRadyo Serbisyo. 

In the meantime, easterlies or the warm winds from the Pacific were affecting eastern Luzon and Visayas, Dela Cruz said. 

The easterlies will bring cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms over Isabela, Aurora, and Quezon provinces, PAGASA said. 

Metro Manila, the rest of Luzon, and Eastern Visayas will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. 

Localized thunderstorms may hit the rest of the country, added the weather bureau. 

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