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Latest Weather and Haze Situation
Dry conditions were observed over the southern ASEAN region today, except for a few showers observed in parts of Peninsular Malaysia and the northern parts of Borneo. Scattered hotspots were detected in parts of Kalimantan as well as the central and southern parts of Sumatra. A few hotspots were detected in parts of Peninsular Malaysia, Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands and Sulawesi. Moderate to dense smoke plumes were observed in many parts of Kalimantan. Moderate smoke plumes were observed to drift northwards from West Kalimantan into the western parts of Sarawak. Moderate smoke plumes was also observed in the central and southern parts of Sumatra.
Showers were observed over the Mekong sub- region today. A few hotspots were detected in the southern parts of Viet Nam but no significant smoke plumes were observed.
Weather and Haze Outlook
Over the next few days, dry conditions are expected to continue over many parts of the southern ASEAN region except for parts of Peninsular Malaysia, the northern parts of Borneo and the northern and central parts of Sumatra where some showers are forecast. Areas experiencing prolonged dry conditions may lead to an escalation in hotspot and smoke haze activities, with a risk of transboundary haze occurrences. The prevailing winds over the southern ASEAN region are forecast to blow from the southeast or south.
Wet weather is forecast to continue over the northern ASEAN region over the next few days. The hotspot and haze situation over the region is expected to remain subdued. The prevailing winds over the region are forecast to blow mainly from the southwest.
- 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.