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PETALING JAYA – Certain parts of Malaysia should be ready for temperatures potentially exceeding 40 deg C in the coming months as El Nino intensifies,<\/span><\/a> bringing higher heat and drier conditions, experts say.<\/p>\n Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) climatologist Prof Dr Fredolin Tangang said the weather phenomenon is expected to peak at the end of this year before weakening early 2027.<\/p>\n \u201cThe phenomenon was forecast to develop into an extreme El Nino, potentially stronger than the 1997-98 and 2015-16 episodes.<\/p>\n \u201cOwing to global warming and current warming trends, the world is likely to experience much hotter conditions, and this year or next year could be among the warmest years on record,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Although Malaysia has yet to experience constant temperatures above 37 deg C or prolonged heatwaves, he said the risk would likely increase in the coming months, which could push temperatures above 40 deg C due to El Nino.<\/p>\n However, he noted that the country has been experiencing increased rainfall in June and July, which was due to the influence of El Nino over Sumatra and southern Peninsular Malaysia.<\/p>\n He cautioned that El Nino could still contribute to extreme weather, including intense rainfall and flooding in some regions.<\/p>\n Southern Sumatra, western Kalimantan and southern Sarawak could experience wetter conditions and risks of flooding later in the year, he said.<\/p>\n He added that northern Sarawak and Sabah could face drier conditions, raising the risk of forest fires and haze.<\/p>\n Prolonged heat and drier conditions could also affect water resources, agricultural production, food security and public health, he noted.<\/p>\n Universiti Malaya meteorologist Emeritus Prof Azizan Abu Samah said stronger El Nino conditions could suppress convection and reduce cloud formation, allowing more solar radiation to reach the surface and push temperatures higher.<\/p>\n He added that El Nino was also expected to peak towards the end of the year, coinciding with the northeast monsoon.<\/p>\n \u201cRainfall could be 10 per cent to 20 per cent lower between October and December along the east coast, while Sabah and Sarawak could see reduced rainfall between January and February,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n He cautioned that northern Peninsular Malaysia could experience temperatures between 37 deg C and 40 deg C in February and March.<\/p>\n He also urged authorities to conserve water in dams now to ensure sufficient supplies for domestic use when evaporation increases between February and April. THE STAR\/ASIA NEWS NETWORK<\/p>\n<\/div>\n PETALING JAYA – Certain parts of Malaysia should be ready for temperatures potentially exceeding 40 deg C in the coming months as El Nino intensifies,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":75143,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/75143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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