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SINGAPORE: Air quality in Singapore entered the unhealthy range on Saturday (February 27) when the Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) passed the 100 mark.
At 7pm on Saturday, the 24-hour PSI reading in the northern part of Singapore surpassed the 100 mark to hit 102.
The reading rose to 108 at 8 p.m. before falling to 104 at 9 p.m. and 90 at 10 p.m.
A screenshot of the 24-hour PSI reading at 7pm in Singapore on the NEA website on February 27, 2021.
According to the National Environmental Agency (NEA), PSI readings of 50 and below denote “good” air quality, “moderate” for 51-100 and “unhealthy” for 101-200.
Starting at 10:00 p.m., the rest of the readings were:
- 61 in the south
- 70 in the east
- 58 in the west
- 65 in the central region
CNA has asked NEA for more information.
According to the latest update of the weather and haze situation on the NEA website around 6 p.m. Saturday, isolated or scattered hot spots were detected across much of the sub-region on Saturday.
“A fine to moderate smoke haze was observed over much of the subregion, with a dense smoke haze observed in Myanmar, Thailand and Cambodia. However, in areas with cloudiness, the full extent of the smoke could not be fully discerned. the haze of smoke. ” NEA said on the website.
“Most air quality stations in central parts of the Mekong subregion reported ‘unhealthy’ air quality values, with some in northeast Thailand and its central mountainous regions reporting ‘very unhealthy’ air quality “he added.
Isolated hot spots were also detected on the Malaysian peninsula, northern Sumatra and western Kalimantan, NEA said.
“A fine to moderate smoke haze was observed in parts of southwestern Kalimantan, and a dense smoke haze was observed to emanate from a group of hotspots in western Kalimantan,” NEA said.
“However, the full extent of the smoke haze situation over Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia could not be discerned due to cloud cover.”
Looking ahead, NEA said on its website that dry weather is expected to persist in the Mekong subregion for the next few days. As such, hot spot and smoke haze situations are likely to remain elevated, he said.
He added that dry conditions are also expected to persist in Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, the northern and central parts of Sumatra, as well as the western and southern parts of the island of Borneo, increasing the risk of hotspot activities in these areas.
