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Latest Weather and Haze Situation
It was wet and cloudy over most of the ASEAN region today, except over the Lesser Sunda Islands and the northern parts of the Philippines and the Mekong sub-region where it was relatively drier. Few to isolated hotspots were detected in Myanmar and Kalimantan. Moderate smoke haze was observed over the southern parts of West Papua. Slight localised smoke plumes were observed emitting from hotspots in the southern parts of Myanmar. The full extent of the hotspot and smoke haze situation in the region could not be determined due to cloud cover.
Weather and Haze Outlook
Over the next few days, wet weather is forecast over the ASEAN region, apart from the northern and central parts of the Mekong sub-region where relatively drier conditions are expected. The overall hotspot and smoke haze situation is likely to remain subdued, though isolated hotspots and localised smoke plumes may still occur over areas experiencing prolonged dry conditions. The prevailing winds over areas north of the Equator are forecast to be light and variable in direction, except over the Philippines where the winds are expected to blow from the northeast to east. The prevailing winds over the equatorial region is likely to blow from the west to north, while the prevailing winds over areas south of the Equator are forecast to blow from the east to southeast.
- 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.