3-hour PSI drops to 9 at 4pm today

SINGAPORE — The three-hour Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) has dropped to 9, with the 24-hour PSI at the 23-33 range, reported the National Environment Agency (NEA) at 4pm today (March 16). The readings are within the “Good” range.

This comes as heavy downpours were reported across the island, with many taking to social media to report the rain which arrived after a record-breaking dry spell.

Yesterday, the NEA said a slight change in the prevailing wind direction, together with brief showers in the afternoon yesterday mostly in the eastern and central parts of the island, brought some improvement to the hazy conditions in Singapore. Winds shifted from northeasterly to easterly yesterday, blowing haze in southern Johor away from Singapore.

A total of three hotspots were detected in Peninsular Malaysia and 11 hotspots in Sumatra yesterday. The low count is due to cloud cover and a partial satellite pass.

An NEA report yesterday said that hazy conditions can still be expected for the next few days in the late afternoons and evenings should the wind direction change to blow from the northeast and if the hotspots in southern Johor persist.

Showers are expected to continue over the next three days, with thundery showers on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the NEA’s three-day forecast. ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY CHANNEL NEWSASIA