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Latest Weather and Haze Situation
Wet weather and cloudy conditions were observed over many parts of the ASEAN region today, except over Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands, the northern parts of Peninsular Malaysia and parts of Sumatra, where it was relatively drier. Few hotspots were detected mainly in Lao PDR, Viet Nam, Cambodia, the central and northern parts of Thailand, parts of Sumatra, the northern parts of Peninsular Malaysia and the western parts of Borneo. Moderate smoke plumes were observed in the northern and central parts of Sumatra. The full extent of the hotspot and smoke haze situation could not be determined due to cloud cover.
Weather and Haze Outlook
In the next few days, showers are forecast to continue over many parts of the ASEAN region, except over parts of Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands and the northwestern part of Kalimantan, where drier conditions are likely. The overall hotspot and smoke haze situation is likely to remain subdued, although isolated hotspots and localised smoke plumes may develop in areas facing drier conditions. The prevailing winds over the northern ASEAN region are expected to blow from the south to southwest. The prevailing winds over the southern ASEAN region are forecast to blow from the southeast, except over the northern parts of Borneo where the winds are forecast to be light and variable in direction.
- 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.