NEA said 212 hot spots were detected on Friday, compared with 65 on Thursday, and 15 the day before. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE – The National Environment Agency will start to provide daily haze advisories from Saturday evening afterin one day, increasing the likelihood of haze this weekend.
Satellite imagery showed smoke plumes and haze over southern and central Sumatra, with a change in wind direction on Friday afternoon causing air quality to worsen as“There is a likelihood of haze affecting Singapore over the coming weekend if the fires persist and wind direction is unfavourable,” said NEA, adding that it will include the 24-hour Pollutant Standards Index forecast in its daily advisories.
On Friday afternoon, the one-hour PM2.5 in the southern and eastern parts of Singapore was at elevated levels, meaning PM2.5 concentrations were above 55 micrograms per cubic m of air. These levels remained elevated at 10pm. PM2.5 refers to fine particles – usually airborne – that are 2.5 microns or smaller and can be lodged deep in the lungs, posing severe health risks. For comparison, a strand of human hair is about 70 microns thick.
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