KUALA LUMPUR, April 2 — The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES) plans to submit a detailed weather forecast report on the current dry and hot weather to the Cabinet next week.

Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Datuk Seri Arthur Joseph Kurup said the move was to enable the Cabinet to discuss if there was an urgent need to intervene, including cloud seeding operations.

“So, it is up to the discussion at that time if the forecast justifies interventions such as cloud seeding to be implemented.

“However, NRES will always provide forecast information from time to time,” he said when commenting on NRES’s latest preparations in dealing with hot weather.

He said this after the 100th Anniversary Celebration of the Forestry Training Institute (Fortrain) and the inauguration of the Fortrain dormitory building, Forestry Department of Peninsular Malaysia (JPSM), here today.

According to him, he has also instructed the Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) to always issue the latest reports and forecasts of the country’s weather conditions to help other agencies such as the Department of Environment, Ministry of Health and the National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) make better preparations.

He said that if it is necessary to implement cloud seeding, NRES can provide information to certain agencies so that early steps can be taken to reduce the effects of this unpredictable weather.

Previously, MetMalaysia informed that the hot weather that is currently hitting the country is expected to continue until the onset of the southwest Monsoon in June, following drier atmospheric conditions and lower rainfall. — Bernama