Thundery showers expected to persist for rest of April; temperatures could hit high of 35°C

SINGAPORE — Keep your umbrellas close to you for the next fortnight, as moderate to heavy thundery showers are set to continue for the rest of the month, and into the next. 


The Meteorological Services Singapore (MSS) said on Monday (April 16) that the next two weeks of April look set to be wetter than the first half, with short-duration moderate to heavy thundery showers expected mainly in the afternoon on seven to nine days. 


The thunderstorms will also be “more intense than other times of the year”, the MSS said, because of strong solar heating of land areas, as the sun is closer to the Equator.


“Also in this fortnight, Sumatra squalls moving from the Strait of Malacca to the South China Sea could bring widespread thundery showers accompanied with gusty winds over Singapore on two or three days between the predawn hours and early morning,” it said.

Separately, the average temperature for the rest of the month could hit a high of about 35°C on a few days. The expected rainfall will also bring the minimum temperature to a cool 23°C.