Singapore could experience slighty hazy conditions in next few days: NEA
Posted 11 Sep 2016 17:51 Updated 11 Sep 2016 22:48
SINGAPORE: There is a possibility that Singapore could experience slightly hazy conditions in the next few days if hotspot activities increase in southern Sumatra and the winds become unfavourable, said the National Environment Agency (NEA) on Sunday (Sep 11).
In an advisory, NEA said the prevailing winds are forecast to blow from the south or southwest and relatively dry weather conditions are expected for southern Sumatra.
According to NEA, 28 hotspots were detected mainly in southern Sumatra on Sunday. No visible smoke plume or haze was observed in the vicinity of the hotspots, it added.
The Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) for the next 24 hours is forecast to stay in the Moderate range. As at 5pm today, the 24-hr PSI was 51-55.
Thundery showers are expected in Singapore on Monday late morning and early afternoon.
NEA added that given the air quality forecast for the next day, everyone can continue with normal activities, while those who do not feel well - especially the elderly and children, and those with chronic heart or lung conditions - should seek medical attention.
- CNA/jq
- wong chee tat :)
Showing posts with label strong winds in Singapore. Show all posts
Showing posts with label strong winds in Singapore. Show all posts
Monday, September 12, 2016
Friday, April 24, 2009
Tropical storm behind strongest winds to hit Singapore in 9 years
Tropical storm behind strongest winds to hit Singapore in 9 years
Channel NewsAsia
SINGAPORE: The National Environment Agency (NEA) has said a tropical storm is the reason for the strong winds which blew into Singapore on Wednesday night.
A wind speed of up to 83 kilometres per hour was recorded — the strongest in nearly nine years.
Among the damage caused were fallen trees and a broken construction crane.
Residents of private condominium Abelia woke up to find their Ardmore Park neighbourhood, near Shangri La Hotel, behind police lines.
A construction crane at the neighbouring building had snapped into two, with most of it dangling precariously from the 30th floor.
Police said a lifting kit connected to the crane was found along the road. No one was injured.
However, the Manpower Ministry has stopped work at the site while it figures out how to safely recover the crane. It is investigating the incident, which has also attracted the attention of other builders nearby.
Tan Heok Ngee Benjamin, Project Manager, C@nspecs Pte Ltd, said: "This crane is commonly used in a lot of construction sites. So if some problem happens here, we want to see if there is anything we can do to prevent this from happening."
Officials from the building company involved, Poh Lian Construction, were tight—lipped about the incident.
Like many others across the island, residents in the neighbourhood said they experienced unusually strong winds last night. The winds also wreaked havoc elsewhere across Singapore last night.
The NEA said the strong winds were caused by a Sumatra squall, named as such because the storm usually develops overnight in Sumatra and the Strait of Malacca, before sweeping into Singapore between midnight and daybreak.
NEA said such storms usually occur between April and September. For the rest of the month, we can expect another one or two Sumatran squalls, but they are unlikely to be as severe as the one on Wednesday night.
— CNA/yt
But it is still hot at night these days .....
- wong chee tat :)
Channel NewsAsia
SINGAPORE: The National Environment Agency (NEA) has said a tropical storm is the reason for the strong winds which blew into Singapore on Wednesday night.
A wind speed of up to 83 kilometres per hour was recorded — the strongest in nearly nine years.
Among the damage caused were fallen trees and a broken construction crane.
Residents of private condominium Abelia woke up to find their Ardmore Park neighbourhood, near Shangri La Hotel, behind police lines.
A construction crane at the neighbouring building had snapped into two, with most of it dangling precariously from the 30th floor.
Police said a lifting kit connected to the crane was found along the road. No one was injured.
However, the Manpower Ministry has stopped work at the site while it figures out how to safely recover the crane. It is investigating the incident, which has also attracted the attention of other builders nearby.
Tan Heok Ngee Benjamin, Project Manager, C@nspecs Pte Ltd, said: "This crane is commonly used in a lot of construction sites. So if some problem happens here, we want to see if there is anything we can do to prevent this from happening."
Officials from the building company involved, Poh Lian Construction, were tight—lipped about the incident.
Like many others across the island, residents in the neighbourhood said they experienced unusually strong winds last night. The winds also wreaked havoc elsewhere across Singapore last night.
The NEA said the strong winds were caused by a Sumatra squall, named as such because the storm usually develops overnight in Sumatra and the Strait of Malacca, before sweeping into Singapore between midnight and daybreak.
NEA said such storms usually occur between April and September. For the rest of the month, we can expect another one or two Sumatran squalls, but they are unlikely to be as severe as the one on Wednesday night.
— CNA/yt
But it is still hot at night these days .....
- wong chee tat :)
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Freak storm wreaks havoc
Freak storm wreaks havoc
By Felicia Wong and Derrick Ho
A FREAKISH storm with strong winds uprooted trees, damaged cars and left a trail of destruction on Wednesday night, all within about 15 minutes.
There were numerous reports of fallen trees island-wide, with at least one car damaged by the falling branches in an open carpark. At a housing estate in Dover Road, a large tree almost snapped in half and lay fallen on its side, with other branches strewn across the grassy area.
Eyewitnesses also reported that large plastic barricades used in roadworks were blown across a road by the strong winds, causing traffic obstruction. Pham Tan Hung found a large tree fallen outside Hong Leong Gardens in Clementi while on his way to work on Thursday morning. 'It's a shocking scene to me. It covered the whole walking path to the bus stop, around 6 to 8 metres,' he wrote to straitstimes.com
Weather maps from the National Environmental Agency (NEA)'s website showed that a rain storm blew over Singapore shortly after 11pm on Wednesday.
Social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter were also abuzz with postings about the freak storm. Bloggers in Singapore also recounted personal stories, with many saying they were awoken by the violent rattling and slamming of doors caused by the winds. Others reported car alarms going off.
'We had to duck from the many things that were blowing out of control. There was a road block signage that blew across a major road. heavy duty dustbins dropped like bowling pins. We had to take refuge on the outside of a building' wrote mistipurple on her blog.
'I don't know how widely the winds could have travelled, but tonight for about five minutes, I experienced one of the strongest winds since returning to Singapore,' wrote blogger mis-erialc.
'In fact, I don't remember a time that we've ever experienced winds so strong. As the wind repeatedly assaulted my blinds, I couldn't help but look outside at the environmental commotion it was causing - the bending of trees, the picking up and tossing around of random objects outside.'
Referring to wunderground shown at 12mn, the wind speed is 12 mph. (Pics from http://www.wunderground.com/history/station/48698/2009/4/23/DailyHistory.html)
Anyway , I am quite curious and wondered if there's any research about such "extreme"? winds conditions in Singapore. Using the local campus database, I am able to found one: Extreme wind characteristics over Singapore ( Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics 83 (1999) 61- 69 by Edmund C. C. Choi or you can access here (abstract)). I am not able to do much searching as I still have exams.
- wong chee tat :)
By Felicia Wong and Derrick Ho
A FREAKISH storm with strong winds uprooted trees, damaged cars and left a trail of destruction on Wednesday night, all within about 15 minutes.
There were numerous reports of fallen trees island-wide, with at least one car damaged by the falling branches in an open carpark. At a housing estate in Dover Road, a large tree almost snapped in half and lay fallen on its side, with other branches strewn across the grassy area.
Eyewitnesses also reported that large plastic barricades used in roadworks were blown across a road by the strong winds, causing traffic obstruction. Pham Tan Hung found a large tree fallen outside Hong Leong Gardens in Clementi while on his way to work on Thursday morning. 'It's a shocking scene to me. It covered the whole walking path to the bus stop, around 6 to 8 metres,' he wrote to straitstimes.com
Weather maps from the National Environmental Agency (NEA)'s website showed that a rain storm blew over Singapore shortly after 11pm on Wednesday.
Social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter were also abuzz with postings about the freak storm. Bloggers in Singapore also recounted personal stories, with many saying they were awoken by the violent rattling and slamming of doors caused by the winds. Others reported car alarms going off.
'We had to duck from the many things that were blowing out of control. There was a road block signage that blew across a major road. heavy duty dustbins dropped like bowling pins. We had to take refuge on the outside of a building' wrote mistipurple on her blog.
'I don't know how widely the winds could have travelled, but tonight for about five minutes, I experienced one of the strongest winds since returning to Singapore,' wrote blogger mis-erialc.
'In fact, I don't remember a time that we've ever experienced winds so strong. As the wind repeatedly assaulted my blinds, I couldn't help but look outside at the environmental commotion it was causing - the bending of trees, the picking up and tossing around of random objects outside.'
Referring to wunderground shown at 12mn, the wind speed is 12 mph. (Pics from http://www.wunderground.com/history/station/48698/2009/4/23/DailyHistory.html)
Anyway , I am quite curious and wondered if there's any research about such "extreme"? winds conditions in Singapore. Using the local campus database, I am able to found one: Extreme wind characteristics over Singapore ( Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics 83 (1999) 61- 69 by Edmund C. C. Choi or you can access here (abstract)). I am not able to do much searching as I still have exams.
- wong chee tat :)
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Cool winds ushering in CNY
Cool winds ushering in CNY
SINGAPORE'S cool.
While the country has earned kudos for being a lot more hip over the years, it has also enjoyed a welcome spot of cool, windy weather lately.
And such conditions should prevail during Chinese New Year next week which should make going out and about - well - a breeze.
- wong chee tat :)
SINGAPORE'S cool.
While the country has earned kudos for being a lot more hip over the years, it has also enjoyed a welcome spot of cool, windy weather lately.
And such conditions should prevail during Chinese New Year next week which should make going out and about - well - a breeze.
- wong chee tat :)
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Uncommon strong winds in Singapore
Uncommon strong winds in Singapore
Channel NewsAsia
SINGAPORE: One person said it has become so difficult to play tennis, while another is putting off plans to go on a picnic. Singapore Polytechnic has even decided, for safety reasons, to take down two banners after one was blown away.
Some feathers have certainly been ruffled by the winds in Singapore this week. In a country where the average wind speed is around 15 to 20 kilometres per hour, it has reached the time of the year when that figure goes up to 30 to 40 kmh.
Yesterday and on Wednesday, when this newspaper checked the National Environment Agency’s website, which lists a range of forecasts such as fair, cloudy and rain, there was only one outlook for all five districts and 45 town areas — windy.
And while strong winds are not uncommon when there are thunderstorms, it has been "generally fair" with rainfall "below average across the whole island", noted the NEA on its website.
That has been good news for event coordinator Michelle Ting, 19, who told TODAY: "I think it’s awesome. I don’t mind going out more even though it’s sunny, as it’s not so hot." Others, though, who prefer the sunnier side of Singapore have lamented that it’s as cold outdoors as it is in their offices.
Temperatures have dropped to lows of 24 degrees Celsius and will stay that way, according to the NEA’s latest three—day outlook.
In its fortnightly outlook, which it posted yesterday, the NEA said: "Moderate North—east Monsoon conditions should continue to prevail with Singapore experiencing occasionally windy conditions."
During this period, showers with thunder in the afternoon can be expected on four to five days, while stronger north—east winds may bring moderate to occasionally heavy rain on two to three days.
The agency told TODAY that between December to March, stronger winds over the South China Sea and parts of the region are caused when "occasional surges of cold air" head this way from northern China.
"The impact of the high pressure system is windy conditions across the island as we have been having the past couple of days," said the NEA.
In Thailand, the cold snap has been severe and news reports on Wednesday said temperatures have fallen to 2 degrees Celsius in the north, killing five people and prompting the authorities to declare an emergency zone across half the country.
In Singapore, some say they are falling ill. "As it is sometimes hot and sometimes cold, I had a sore throat and my daughter had high fever," said housewife Maimunah A Hamid, 56.
But for the most part, the weather has been a light—hearted topic of discussion. Operations assistant Haslinda Md Yasin, 33, said she is pleased that the wind is drying her laundry faster than usual.
Marketing executive Jasmine Yuan, meanwhile, told TODAY: "The winds are crazy. We were walking for a bit outdoors and our hair is being messed up... Until the winds improve, I’ll not do my hair."
— TODAY/fa
- wong chee tat :)
Channel NewsAsia
SINGAPORE: One person said it has become so difficult to play tennis, while another is putting off plans to go on a picnic. Singapore Polytechnic has even decided, for safety reasons, to take down two banners after one was blown away.
Some feathers have certainly been ruffled by the winds in Singapore this week. In a country where the average wind speed is around 15 to 20 kilometres per hour, it has reached the time of the year when that figure goes up to 30 to 40 kmh.
Yesterday and on Wednesday, when this newspaper checked the National Environment Agency’s website, which lists a range of forecasts such as fair, cloudy and rain, there was only one outlook for all five districts and 45 town areas — windy.
And while strong winds are not uncommon when there are thunderstorms, it has been "generally fair" with rainfall "below average across the whole island", noted the NEA on its website.
That has been good news for event coordinator Michelle Ting, 19, who told TODAY: "I think it’s awesome. I don’t mind going out more even though it’s sunny, as it’s not so hot." Others, though, who prefer the sunnier side of Singapore have lamented that it’s as cold outdoors as it is in their offices.
Temperatures have dropped to lows of 24 degrees Celsius and will stay that way, according to the NEA’s latest three—day outlook.
In its fortnightly outlook, which it posted yesterday, the NEA said: "Moderate North—east Monsoon conditions should continue to prevail with Singapore experiencing occasionally windy conditions."
During this period, showers with thunder in the afternoon can be expected on four to five days, while stronger north—east winds may bring moderate to occasionally heavy rain on two to three days.
The agency told TODAY that between December to March, stronger winds over the South China Sea and parts of the region are caused when "occasional surges of cold air" head this way from northern China.
"The impact of the high pressure system is windy conditions across the island as we have been having the past couple of days," said the NEA.
In Thailand, the cold snap has been severe and news reports on Wednesday said temperatures have fallen to 2 degrees Celsius in the north, killing five people and prompting the authorities to declare an emergency zone across half the country.
In Singapore, some say they are falling ill. "As it is sometimes hot and sometimes cold, I had a sore throat and my daughter had high fever," said housewife Maimunah A Hamid, 56.
But for the most part, the weather has been a light—hearted topic of discussion. Operations assistant Haslinda Md Yasin, 33, said she is pleased that the wind is drying her laundry faster than usual.
Marketing executive Jasmine Yuan, meanwhile, told TODAY: "The winds are crazy. We were walking for a bit outdoors and our hair is being messed up... Until the winds improve, I’ll not do my hair."
— TODAY/fa
- wong chee tat :)
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