Penang haze back to moderate levels after rain

GEORGE TOWN: Intermittent rain in the later part of Saturday provided temporary respite to the hazy skies.

The showers - at about 1.45pm for an hour and again at about 7.30pm - was enough to wash away the haze which recorded an API reading of 107 in the Seberang Jaya 2 and 106 at USM stations in the morning.

The Prai station recorded a moderate reading of 92 as of 11am.

An API reading of between 0 and 50 is considered good, 51 to 100 (moderate), 101 to 200 (unhealthy), 201 to 300 (very unhealthy), and 301 and above (hazardous).

At 7pm, the API for Prai, Seberang Jaya 2 and USM was at 76, 89 and 88 respectively.

The Fire and Rescue Department said no flood and accidents was reported.

The weather forecast for the week is for a fair weather on Sunday, isolated rain on Monday and Tuesday followed by isolated thunderstorms until Friday.