UPDATE 31st March 2010

It did not rain at all, at least in Kota Kinabalu on the 30th and today there was a little rain. Nothing like what happened on Monday though. So it would seem that what happened then was merely a respite.

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UPDATE 29th March 2010

Yes, it definitely seems to have ended. Rain started falling at 10am in Kota Kinabalu. As I drove home to Penampang during lunchtime, it was pouring. The rain was so heavy that the next day, accidents caused by it were reported – websites like www.carinsurancelist.com must’ve seen a jolt in the number of readership.

The contrast between yellowed roadside grass and heavy rain pouring on it was a magical sight. The switch was so radical that apprehension towards prolonged drought quickly turned into apprehension towards the possibility of flash floods!

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After about 2 months of searing heat and very little rain, is it going to rain cats and dogs soon in and around Kota Kinabalu? As pointed out by Lee this afternoon, according to the BBC, the weather forecast for Kota Kinabalu for the next few days is as follows:

Then, if you type “kota kinabalu weather forecast” or similar on google, you’d get:

The following forecast by CNN seems more accurate, as I didn’t see any rain during lunchtime today – instead it was extremely warm:

Well, what do local meteorologists say? The weathermen at Jabatan Meteorologi Negara were less optimistic about rain falling today and tomorrow, but they did predict that it would rain every afternoon after that.

Whatever it is, we are surely looking forward to water from the heavens.

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