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Latest Weather and Haze Situation
Showers were observed over many parts of the ASEAN region today, except the northern and central parts of the Mekong sub-region, and some parts of Borneo where it was relatively drier. Isolated hotspots were detected in the Kalimantan. Moderate smoke plumes were observed to emanate from a few hotspots in the eastern parts of Kalimantan. Moderate smoke haze was observed in the central parts of Sulawesi and the southern parts of Papua. The full extent of the hotspot and smoke haze situation in the region could not be fully determined due to cloud cover.
Weather and Haze Outlook
In the coming days, showers are expected over many parts of the ASEAN region, except over the central and northern parts of Mekong sub-region where it is forecast to be relatively drier. The hotspot and smoke haze situation is likely to remain suppressed, but isolated hotspots and smoke plumes may continue to develop in areas facing prolonged dry conditions. The prevailing winds over the northern ASEAN region are forecast to be northeast or east, while the prevailing winds over the southern ASEAN region are forecast to blow from the east or 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.