Screenshot from the Asean Specialised Meteorological Centre website on Saturday morning.
GEORGE TOWN: Folks in the northern region have the heavens to thank for as a steady wind blowing in from the northwest has taken much of the haze away.
The wind, which funnelled in from the Andaman Sea all the way down to Taiping, sent the Air Pollution Index (API) plummeting to the 60s and 70s.
In Langkawi, the API was a blissful 46 on Saturday (Sept 14) morning.
In Penang, the wind also brought storm clouds that yielded mild showers, giving Penangites a breezy, cloudy morning.
The Asean Specialised Meteorological Centre (ASMC) in Singapore reported that this wind from the northwest, blowing at between 20kph and 40kph, will stay for the next few days.
But ASMC's website showed that folks down south are still getting wind from the southwest, meaning Sumatra.
The Asean Specialised Meteorological Centre (ASMC) in Singapore reported that this wind from the northwest, blowing at between 20kph and 40kph, will stay for the next few days.
But ASMC's website showed that folks down south are still getting wind from the southwest, meaning Sumatra.
The air is still unhealthy and Melaka is dealing with an API of 206, classed as "very unhealthy".
The API in Shah Alam and Klang, which were well past the 200-mark on Thursday and Friday, are getting marginally better levels at 155 and 191 respectively.
Folks in Kuching are still miserable with an API of 221.
ASMC's website still shows at least 10 hotspots throughout Sumatra and Kalimantan.
An API reading of between 0 and 50 is good while 51 to 100 is moderate, 101 to 200 is unhealthy, 201 to 300 very unhealthy, and 301 and above deemed hazardous.- Star
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