‘It will be drier come February’

Fredolin: ‘Patterns consistent with the effects of El Nino’, (Right) Prof Azizan: ‘Where it rains depends on the monsoon trough’.

PETALING JAYA: The wet weather brought on by the northeast monsoon is expected to taper off in February, leading to drier conditions for the peninsula, say experts.

Climatologist and Academy of Sciences Malaysia fellow Dr Fredolin Tangang said the monsoon, which started in November, typically lasts until March.