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Experts say annual rainfall rising, view differs from NEA study
National Environment Agency (NEA) officials, who briefed a panel of drainage experts probing recent floods, were of the view that Singapore's rainfall will show no discernible pattern in the future. But the experts did not quite believe the weatherman.
'It didn't seem physically plausible,' said panel member Lui Pao Chuen, 69, of the NEA's climate vulnerability study, which was first released in 2010 and is meant to project the climate in the future.
So the panel asked to see the rainfall data. And when they pored over the figures, looking at how much rain fell in different parts of Singapore, and which areas experienced the most intense rainfall in an hour, a different picture emerged.
Professor Lui found that there are significant differences in annual rainfall in different parts of Singapore - as much as 50cm between regions. For instance, Changi got 215cm of rainfall a year on average between 1980 and 2009, but the Central Catchment area received 265cm of rain.
Experts say annual rainfall rising, view differs from NEA study
National Environment Agency (NEA) officials, who briefed a panel of drainage experts probing recent floods, were of the view that Singapore's rainfall will show no discernible pattern in the future. But the experts did not quite believe the weatherman.
'It didn't seem physically plausible,' said panel member Lui Pao Chuen, 69, of the NEA's climate vulnerability study, which was first released in 2010 and is meant to project the climate in the future.
So the panel asked to see the rainfall data. And when they pored over the figures, looking at how much rain fell in different parts of Singapore, and which areas experienced the most intense rainfall in an hour, a different picture emerged.
Professor Lui found that there are significant differences in annual rainfall in different parts of Singapore - as much as 50cm between regions. For instance, Changi got 215cm of rainfall a year on average between 1980 and 2009, but the Central Catchment area received 265cm of rain.
