SINGAPORE — The air quality in Singapore could enter the unhealthy range this weekend if forest fires persist in Indonesia, coupled with unfavourable wind direction, said the National Environment Agency (NEA) on Friday (Oct 6).
The air quality in Singapore could enter the unhealthy range this weekend if forest fires persist in Indonesia, coupled with unfavourable wind direction, said the National Environment Agency on Friday .
"Smoke plumes and haze were observed from satellite imagery over southern and central Sumatra. A brief shift in the wind direction this afternoon, from southeasterly to southerly, blew some of the lighter haze toward Singapore and caused a deterioration in air quality," it said in a media release. The 1-hour PM2.5 levels in the southern and eastern parts of Singapore entered elevated levels — above 55 ug/m3 — on Friday afternoon and remained elevated at 10pm.
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