Heavy rain warning for next few days

[Suspicion]

Heavy rain warning for next few days

AsiaOne
Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013

SINGAPORE - A monsoon surge is forecast to affect the region over the next few days, and is expected to bring widespread intermittent rain, heavy at times, with occasional windy conditions to Singapore between January 18 and 21, 2013.

Monsoon surges refer to the steady strengthening of northeasterly winds blowing from the South China Sea during the wet phase of the Northeast Monsoon season in December and January. They usually bring periods of prolonged widespread moderate to heavy rain lasting for two to five days, with occasionally windy conditions and cooler temperatures.

Heavy rain coinciding with high tides could lead to localised flash floods especially in the low-lying coastal areas. High tides times on January 18 to 21, 2013 are:

January 18, 2013: 2.8m at 3:31am and 2.6m at 3:37pm
January 19, 2013: 2.7m at 4:05am and 2.3m at 4:39pm
January 20, 2013: 2.7m at 4:45am and 2.1m at 6:05pm
January 21, 2013: 2.6m at 5:35am and 2.1m at 8:37pm

The public is advised to take the necessary precautions when outdoors during the current rainy season.

Heavy rain warnings

Besides the regular weather forecast, NEA will issue warnings through the media when heavy rain or prolonged monsoon rain is expected. This will help the public to better prepare for heavy rain. The public is advised to obtain the latest weather reports, including heavy rain warnings from: (i) NEA's iPhone App (myEnv), (ii) NEA website at www.nea.gov.sg, (iii) NEA's mobile weather service at Weather@SG (weather.nea.gov.sg) (iv) Following NEA's Twitter via @NEAsg (v) the weather forecast hotline at 6542 7788 and (vi) radio broadcasts

For updates on the Northeast Monsoon season, the public can refer to NEA's website at http://app2.nea.gov.sg/monsoon_update.aspx. For those who wish to receive heavy rain alerts or water level alerts via SMS notification, they can subscribe to the free service at http://www.pub.gov.sg/managingflashfloods/wls/Pages/SubscriptiontoSMSAlerts.aspx

In the event of flash floods, the public can log on to PUB's Facebook (www.facebook.com/PUBSg) or PUB's Twitter (twitter.com/PUBSingapore), or tune in to radio broadcasts, to find out locations of flash floods. They can also download PUB's free iPhone app "MyWaters", for updates on water level in key drains and canals and flash flood alerts.

 

[HTOLAS]

This is a neap tide period when the high tides are not very high (2.6m to 2.7m). As such, they should not cause flooding. NEA is blaming God again for their poor work again.

 

[mojito]

This is a neap tide period when the high tides are not very high (2.6m to 2.7m). As such, they should not cause flooding. NEA is blaming God again for their poor work again.

It is always cheaper to install a system to warn people about floods than to fix the problem itself. The ethos of profit maximizing corporations creep slowly but surely into the civil service. That is why privatizing public transport operators will achieve nothing.

 

[laksaboy]

Privatize profits, but socialize costs. Nothing is new.

 

[halsey02]

Ponding?? where is that PONDING paper General....???

 

[eKiller]

Rain rain go away come again another day.....

 

[Equalisation]

friday night, jockeys mest jaga sikit. :o

 

[50000]

wow....50 years sure goes by very fast....

 

[streetsmart73]

This is a neap tide period when the high tides are not very high (2.6m to 2.7m). As such, they should not cause flooding. NEA is blaming God again for their poor work again.

hi there


1. aiyoh!
2. dafter sheep machiam some relay station just broadcasting
3. blah, blah and more blahs.
4. still floods:p
5. blah only kosong action!