SINGAPORE - Haze shrouded the Republic on Wednesday, with the three-hour Pollutant Standards Index reading 102 at 8pm.
A PSI reading over 100 refers to unhealthy air quality, while a reading of between 50 and 100 is moderate.
The National Environment Agency (NEA) said in its daily haze advisory the haze was due to smoke being blown to Singapore by prevailing winds.
There were 23 hot spots detected in Sumatra today, though the low number was due to cloud cover over parts of the island, NEA said. In Kalimantan, 139 hotspots were detected. Widespread thick smoke was observed in Kalimantan's southern and western parts.
Singapore experiences 'deteriorating hazy conditions'
SINGAPORE - Singapore is experiencing "deteriorating hazy conditions" due to "an incoming haze cloud from Sumatra" environment minister Vivian Balakrishnan said in a Facebook post on Sunday.
As of 7pm, the 3-hour PSI stood at 89, which is in the moderate level. The forecast for the 24-hour PSI over the following six hours was in "the high end of the moderate range or even low unhealthy level", the minister added.
People posted pictures on Twitter of the worsening air quality with one user, "lucyda" complaning of a "burning wood smell".
A spokesman for the National Environment Agency (NEA) said: "Air quality is slightly elevated and there are reports of burning smells in the central and eastern regions of Singapore.
Vivian Lembik is sleeping on the job.
Now hardly can see Raffles Place concrete buildings from my house.
Now PSI 116 and F1 race in the haze
Originally posted by Lsk138:Now PSI 116 liao
6 pm + already more than 100 psi la. NEA IS sleeping. Now after 8 pm then nea states 116.
Originally posted by SJS6638:6 pm + already more than 100 psi la. NEA IS sleeping. Now after 8 pm then nea states 116.
ya ! at around 5 - 6pm already very hazy + strong burning smell from my area .
Got haze.?
Originally posted by charlize:Got haze.?
U first day in sg?
my....1,2,3,4,5......ehhh....i lost count ....days in sg
Full of snot now =D
Hope the haze will not come back lol
lolzzzzz :)
Seems to be ok the last few days...
87 as of now
But compare to last year a lot better
yes bad haze
in the 100+ range today
though look like 300
hanor hanor laylio say 60+ 70+
骗�
Got haze?
WoW.....
OMG~~~