A PROPOSED METEOROLOGICAL AND ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY

As the impacts of climate change continue to accelerate due to global anthropogenic climate change, PAG ASA (Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration) will be faced with the increasing challenges and demands of providing more accurate, timely and useful forecasts, products, and information. Currently, the need for accurate and more frequent updates on severe weather bulletins for tropical cyclones is being addressed by PAGASA through its automation program (Country Assessment Report for the Philippines, 2015). Providing another meteorological and astronomical observatory will benefit individual sectors such as agricultural sector with the provision of farm weather forecasts, climate outlooks, and related services. Socio-economic sectors include aviation, land transport, construction, and industry. It will help the Philippines’ ability to produce a reliable information on weather as well as news about natural phenomena that occurs in the space that has big impact in the Philippine economy. The location of the proposed Meteorological and Astronomical Observatory is at Sitio Kapatagan Brgy. Pinugay Baras, Rizal. It is accessible through Tanay – Antipolo Road and Brgy. Road near Divine Power Healing Community. The project would benefit the tourism and growth in the agricultural and educational sector of the province and its neighbor. Since Rizal was known for its windmill and solar panel plant, the proposed project could be used for a clean and natural energy source (CALABARZON-DILG, 2019). The project maximized the natural resources around it without harming the environment. It also promoted an eco-friendly atmosphere to help the environment amidst the occurrence of global warming. The observatory would serve its purpose in producing real time information that are needed in making plans and strategies to combat the effect of global warming.