Start the countdown — we’ve got at least a month and a half before this scorching hot weather eases its grip on us.
The extreme hot weather brought upon by El Nino is expected to ease by June, based on analysis done by the Climate Prediction Centre (CPC) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the United States.
Quoting the study, Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Seri Wilfred Madius Tangau said the phenomenon would end when the Oceanic Nino Index (ONI) reading drops to below 0.5 degrees Celsius.
It is currently stading at 2.0 degrees.
“The impact of the El Nino on the temperature in the country is expected to reduce when the strength of the El Nino winds down while the increase in the frequency of rain during the inter-monsoon season reaches its height at the end of April or early May,” Madius said in a statement as reported by the New Straits Times.
“This is because the rain and thunderstorms, especially in the afternoons and evenings in the west coast states and interior of the peninsula, west Sabah and Sarawak, will be more frequent during the inter-monsoon season,” he added.
So remember that, folks — the ‘inter-monsoon season’ is our superhero for now.
