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Latest Weather and Haze Situation
Showers and cloudy conditions were observed over the southern ASEAN region this morning with the exception of drier weather over Peninsular Malaysia and the southern parts of Sumatra. A few to isolated hotspots were detected in parts of Peninsular Malaysia, the southern parts of Sumatra and the eastern parts of Borneo from overnight satellite imagery. A slight localised smoke plume was observed in the southern parts of Sumatra.
In the northern ASEAN region, wet weather continued except for relatively drier conditions observed over the eastern parts of the Mekong sub-region where a few hotspots were also detected. No significant smoke plumes were observed.
Weather and Haze Outlook
In the coming days, wet weather is forecast over the southern ASEAN region except for relatively drier conditions over the southern parts of Sumatra. The wet weather can bring some respite to the hotspot and haze situation over the region, however isolated hotspots and smoke plumes may still emerge in areas facing prolonged drier conditions with a chance of transboundary smoke haze. The prevailing winds over the southern ASEAN region are forecast to blow mainly from the southeast.
For the northern ASEAN region, wet weather is forecast to continue. The hotspot and haze situation is likely to remain subdued. The prevailing winds over the northern ASEAN region are forecast to blow mainly from the southwest.
- All maps are to be used solely for displaying meteorological/geophysical information, and not for any other purpose. All maps are not to scale and for illustrative purpose only.
- The hotspots depicted on the map are derived from the NOAA satellite and they represent locations with possible fires. Hotspots may go undetected due to cloudy conditions or incomplete satellite pass.
- At Alert Level 0 and Alert Level 1, the regional haze situation is updated once a day at 0900 UTC. The regional haze situation is updated more frequently at 0300 UTC and 0900 UTC upon activation of Alert Level 2 or Alert Level 3. Updates at 0300 UTC display hotspot information from night-time passes of the NOAA-20 satellite. Fewer hotspots were typically detected at night as fire activities usually peak during the day.
- Reprocessed satellite data will be availed at a later timing. The hotspot information derived from satellite data reprocessed may differ slightly from that received near real-time but reprocessing is necessary for better quality data.
- The 2500 ft winds (depicted by arrows) are model analysis winds.