EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE

PRESSURE

GENERAL RULE: weather becomes stormy when air

pressure falls and becomes fair when air pressure rises
barometer
TEMPERATURE
HUMIDITY
WIND
SEA AND LAND BREEZES
WEATHER
vs.
CLIMATE
 CLIMATIC CONTROLS
FOR PHILIPPINE CLIMATE
• Topography and location
• Trade winds
• Fronts
• Intertropical convergence
zone (ITCZ)
• Monsoon winds
• Tropical cyclones
• Easterly waves
Climate Types in the Philippines

The Corona Classification

• TYPE 1. Two pronounced wet and dry seasons: wet
during the months of June to November and dry from
December to May.

• TYPE 2. No dry season with a very pronounced maximum

rain period in December, January and February.

• TYPE 3. No pronounced maximum rain period and short

dry season lasting from one to three months.

• TYPE 4. Uniformly distributed rainfall.

Composition of the total Philippine rainfall

SOURCE OF RAIN % DISTRIBUTION

Tropical cyclone 47

ITCZ, easterly waves 39

Southwest monsoon 7

Northeast monsoon 7
I
T
C
Z
Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)
C
Y
C
L
O
N
E tropical depression - max wind speed: 30–64 kph
tropical storm - max wind speed: 65–117 kph
typhoon - max wind speed of more than 117 kph
M
O
N Oct to
Mar
S
O
O
N
May to
Sept
EASTERLY WAVES