Tricky Tropical Urban Weather Tests Forecasters in Singapore
Weather across the region is typically shaped by smaller, faster moving systems, which makes them harder to identify in prediction models.
Evening commuters walk through the rain in Singapore.
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Weather in the tropics can change rapidly, going from torrential rain to blazing sun in minutes, making forecasting especially tricky in a region that has some of the world’s fastest growing and urbanizing populations.