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Latest Weather and Haze Situation
It was wet and cloudy over most of the ASEAN region today, apart from the parts of Sumatra and the northeastern parts of Borneo where it was relatively drier. Isolated hotspots were detected mainly on the eastern parts of Kalimantan, while few hotspots were detected in Sumatra, Sabah and Sarawak. Slight localised smoke plumes were observed emanating from hotspots detected in Sabah, the northeastern parts of Kalimantan and the central parts of Sumatra.
Weather and Haze Outlook
Over the next few days, shower activities are forecast over most of the ASEAN region, except over the central parts of the Mekong sub-region where drier conditions are expected. Isolated hotspots and localised smoke plumes may still develop over drier areas. The prevailing winds over the southern ASEAN region are likely to blow from the south to west. Under the influence of Typhoon Kalmaegi, the prevailing winds over the northern ASEAN region are forecast to be variable in direction, with strong winds expected over the Philippines.
- 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.