On February 15, the Lantern Festival, thunderstorms are expected in several regions of the country.
The Lantern Festival is celebrated every year on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar, which is also known as the last day of the Chinese New Year. In Malaysia, it is customary to throw tangerines on the Lantern Festival, where single unmarried women can throw tangerines to seek good luck and single unmarried men can fish for tangerines to find their future partners.
According to the weather forecast issued by the Meteorological Department for February 15, rain will fall in the Klang Valley during the afternoon and evening of the Lantern Festival. There will also be thunderstorms in one or two areas of Penang. Johor will also have thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening.
MORNING
There will be thunderstorms in Glass City, Kedah and one or two coastal areas of Penang, thunderstorms in one or two areas of Perak, and rain in one or two areas of Kelantan and Terengganu. Other areas will have good weather.
There will be thunderstorms in one or two areas in Tawau and Sandakan in Sabah, rain in one or two areas inland, and good weather in other areas.
Rain in one or two areas in Kuching, Silian, Samarahan, Sri Aman, Muzhong, Suri Street, Sibu, Muqiu and Kapal in Sarawak, good weather in other areas.
Afternoon
Thunderstorms in several areas of Kedah and several inland areas of Perlis. Thunderstorms in Penang, Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, Negeri Sembilan, Malacca and one or two areas in Johor. Thunderstorms in one or two inland areas of Perak and Pahang, rain in one or two inland areas of Kelantan and Terengganu.
Thunderstorms in one or two areas inland in Sabah, West Coast and Sandakan, good weather in other areas.
Thunderstorm in one or two areas in Kuching, Silian, Samarahan, Sri Aman, Muzhong, Suri Street, Sibu, Muqiu, Kapal, Bintulu and Lameng in Sarawak, good weather in Miri.
Evening
Thunderstorms in one or two areas in Perak and one or two inland areas in Pahang. Rain in one or two areas in Kedah, Penang, Kelantan, Kuala Lumpur, Negeri Sembilan, Malacca and Johor. Rainfall in one or two areas in Perlis and Selangor. Good weather in other areas.
Thunderstorms in the interior of Sabah, one or two areas in West Coast and Labuan, good weather in other areas.
Rain in one or two areas in Sibu, Muar, Kapal, Bintulu, Miri and Lameng in Sarawak, good weather in other areas.
