SAYS reader David Yap and his brother could not contain their excitement when it rained 'ice cubes' in their home on 2 March 2014.
While Malaysia Faces A Dry Spell, It Rained Ice Cubes In Semenyih, Selangor, For An Hour On 2 March 2014
While Malaysia Faces A Dry Spell, It Rained Ice Cubes In Semenyih, Selangor, For An Hour On 2 March 2014
SAYS Reader David Yap Sent Us A Video Of The Hailstorm. WATCH The Video Here:
- "I was so in awe that once I see rain. My entire brothers dance under the rain and soon we realise it is getting colder. Of course the colder it gets, the happier we are and then nightmare begins."
Bits Of Ice Fell On Their Heads. The Wind Was So Strong Their Neighbour's Roof Was Blown Apart.
- "Bits of ice fell on our heads and we took refuge as quick as possible before it took our life. That thing that hit our head appears to be ice instead of roof debris cause the wind is very strong at the point of event that we noticed our neighbours roof went apart."
The Formation Of Hail Stones Was Most Likely Caused By A Cloud Seeding Exercise
- Natural rainfall occurs when supercooled cold water contacts particles of dust, salt or sand forming ice crystals. The ice crystals provide a nucleus (tiny solid or liquid particles, suspended in the atmosphere) around which more water droplets can attach, increasing the size of the droplet, or in colder air snow flakes. When the droplet or snow flake, becomes large enough, it falls as snow or rain.
- Cloudseeding is the technique of inducing rain from a cloud, usually by dropping suitable particles into clouds containing supercooled water in an attempt to cause them to dissipate, modify their structure, or alter the intensity of associated phenomena, such as wind speed or hail.
Since Mid-February, The Energy, Green Technology And Water Ministry Has Been Waiting For Favourable Weather Conditions To Conduct Cloud Seeding In Selangor, Johor, Malacca And Negeri Sembilan
- Feb 19: Energy, Green Technology and Water Deputy Minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid said cloud seeding exercise will be carried out in water catchment areas this week to prevent a water crisis in the Klang Valley.
- Wong said the Meteorological Department's cloud seeding is suitable to be carried out and has given orders to seed all water catchment areas in the peninsula. The Royal Malaysian Air Force has also been asked to gear up for the exercise.
- He said the department and the RMAF were also prepared to carry out cloud seeding operations in dam areas in Selangor, Johor, Malacca and Negeri Sembilan, soon after receiving the government's approval.
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