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Sumatra Squall on Night of Mid-Autumn Festival
The Sumatra squall formed in the afternoon due to strong westerly wind shear (about 50 km/h from surface to 700mb-level) and intense surface evaporation over Strait of Malacca on 17 Sept 2024. It swept over Singapore around nightfall as shown in the picture above. The gust front would be located just ahead (east) of the…