KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 ― The heavy showers in several areas in the Klang Valley on Monday and Tuesday is a short-lived blessing as the weather is expected to be hot and dry for the next two weeks.

The Meteorological Department said there would be less rain in the coming days due to strong winds blowing from the north-east.

“We are reaching the end of the north-east monsoon and so the weather is expected to remain hot with isolated showers for the next two weeks,” said its central forecast division director Muhammad Helmi Abdullah.

He said there would be no more cloud seeding operations this week as the condition was not conducive for the formation of rain clouds.

However, Muhammad Helmi said the rainy season was expected to set in gradually from the third week of this month.

“There will be occasional hot days, but showers will start picking up from the third week due to the change from the north-eastern monsoon to the inter-monsoon season,” he said.

Although the rain had improved the haze condition yesterday, Muhammad Helmi said it may only last for a few days.

“Slight haze might return, especially if open fires continue.”

Selangor Water Management Board director Mohd Khairi Selamat said a meeting would be held with the Meteorological Department tomorrow to discuss the need to get private companies on board to assist in cloud seeding operations.

Mohd Khairi said the recent cloud seeding exercise was conducted with the help of the Royal Malaysian Air Force.

“We are looking at the possibility of carrying out additional operations with the help of other bodies,” Mohd Khairi said.

“We will need to see the weather conditions for the next few weeks through the radar readings provided by the department and see what more we can do (to raise water levels at dams).”

On Tuesday, Mohd Khairi said the heavy rain from the cloud seeding activity did not affect the water levels of the dams.

The reserves at the Klang Gates and Sungai Selangor dams were at 52.84 and 44.51 per cent respectively.