Thundery showers with gusty wind over many parts of Singapore till afternoon of Sept 27

Heavy rain is expected over many areas of Singapore on Sunday (Sept 27) morning.

In a heavy rain warning issued at 9.43am, the Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS) said that moderate to heavy thundery showers with gusty wind are expected over many parts of Singapore between 11am to 12.30pm.

Checks on the MSS's weather radar show rain clouds off the eastern, southern and western regions of Singapore.

Singapore's national water agency, PUB, has announced on its Telegram channel that there is a risk of flash floods at the following areas:

• Junction of Craig Road and Tanjong Pagar Road (till 12.05pm)
• East Coast Park Service Road (till 12.11pm)
• Junction of Kg Bahru Road and Spooner Road (till 12.22pm)
• Bencoolen Street (till 12.24pm)
• Mackenzie Road (till 12.26pm)
• Alexandra Road (till 12.26pm)
• Junction of Balmoral Road and Stevens Road (till 12.29pm)
• Junction of Neo Pee Teck Lane and Pasir Panjang Road (till 12.08pm)
• Junction of Clementi Road and Pasir Panjang Road (till 12.36pm)
• AYE towards City, near University Flyover (till 12.43pm)
• Junction of Clementi Road and West Coast Road (till 12.43pm)
• Jalan Boon Lay, from International Road to Enterprise Road (till 12.49pm)
• Junction of Geylang Road and Lor 1 Geylang (till 12.49pm)
• Service road off Upper Paya Lebar Road (till 12.52pm)
• Junction of Sunset Drive and Sunset Terrace (till 12.52pm)
• Queen Astrid Park (till 12.52pm)
• Cambridge Road and Carlisle Road (till 12.57pm)
• Kg Java Road, from Newton Circus to CTE (till 12.58pm)
• Service road off Mountbatten Road, near Jalan Seaview (till 12.57pm)
• Lor Gambir (till 1pm)
• Jalan Pokok Serunai (till 1.06pm)
• Bukit Timah Road, near King Albert Park (till 1.05pm)
• Sims Avenue East (till 1.01pm)
• Junction of Pesawat Drive and Jurong Port Road (till 1.20pm)
• Junction of Clementi Road and Ulu Pandan Road (till 1.23pm)
• Punggol way, slip road to TPE (till 1.25pm)

In its daily haze situation update on Saturday evening, the National Environment Agency (NEA) had said that showers are forecast over Singapore and parts of the surrounding region today.

Singapore woke up to unhealthy air quality again on Sunday morning with three regions in the unhealthy range. 

By 10am, 24-hour Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) ranges from 91 to 131 — in the moderate to unhealthy range — with central (131), eastern (118) and western (106) Singapore recording unhealthy readings.

Meanwhile, one-hour PM2.5 is in the elevated band for the central (72) and eastern (58) regions. 

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