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Latest Weather and Haze Situation
Cloudy conditions and shower activities were observed over most parts of the ASEAN region today aside from over Java and the Lesser Sunda Islands. Isolated hotspots were detected in Sumatra and the western parts of Kalimantan. There were also a few hotspots in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak and Java. However, no significant smoke plumes were observed due to extensive cloud cover.
Weather and Haze Outlook
Over the next few days, wet weather is forecast to continue over most of the ASEAN region, apart from over Java and the Lesser Sunda Islands, where relatively drier conditions are expected. While hotspot counts over the ASEAN region are expected to be low as a whole, isolated hotspots with localised smoke plumes may still appear in areas experiencing drier conditions. The prevailing winds are forecast to blow from the southwest to west for areas north of the Equator, while those south of the Equator are forecast to blow from the east-southeast to south-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.