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Latest Weather and Haze Situation
Dry weather was observed over the southern ASEAN region this morning except for some showers over the northern parts of Borneo. Clusters of scattered hotspots were detected in the southern parts of Sumatra and Kalimantan. Isolated hotspots were detected in Java and Sulawesi. Moderate to dense smoke plumes were observed in parts of Kalimantan and Sumatra, with moderate smoke haze also observed over parts of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. Many air quality stations in Sumatra, Kalimantan, Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore are reporting Unhealthy to Hazardous levels. Meanwhile, over the northern ASEAN region, wet weather was observed. Hotspot counts remained low and no significant smoke haze was observed.
Weather and Haze Outlook
Over the next few days, dry conditions are expected to continue over most parts of the southern ASEAN region except for some showers over the northern and central parts of Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo. The hotspot and haze situation in the region is likely to remain escalated with a risk of transboundary haze occurrence. The prevailing winds over the region are forecast to turn light and variable in direction. For the northern ASEAN region, wet weather conditions are expected to continue except for drier weather forecast over the central parts of the Mekong sub-region. Isolated hotspots and localized smoke plumes may occasionally emerge in areas facing relatively drier conditions. The prevailing winds over the northern ASEAN region are forecast to blow from the northeast, except over the northern parts of the Mekong sub-region where 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.