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Latest Weather and Haze Situation
Showers were observed over many parts of the ASEAN region today, except over the central parts of Myanmar, eastern parts of the Mekong sub-region, parts of Peninsular Malaysia and the southeastern parts of Kalimantan where it was relatively drier. A few hotspots were detected mainly in the northern parts of Lao PDR and Thailand, the central parts of Myanmar, the central parts of Viet Nam, parts of Sumatra, as well as the eastern and western parts of Borneo. Slight isolated smoke plumes were observed to emanate from hotspots in the northern parts of Lao PDR and the western parts of Sarawak.
Weather and Haze Outlook
In the coming days, wet and cloudy conditions are forecast over most of the ASEAN region, except over the central parts of Myanmar and parts of Peninsular Malaysia where drier conditions are expected. The overall hotspot and smoke haze situation is likely to remain subdued, although few 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, except over the Philippines where the winds are expected to blow mainly from the east. The prevailing winds over the southern ASEAN region are forecast to be mainly light and variable in direction, except over the Lesser Sunda Islands where winds are forecast to blow mainly from the east.
- 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.