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Latest Weather and Haze Situation
Dry weather prevailed over Peninsular Malaysia, the northern parts of Borneo and the northern and central parts of Sumatra while showers were observed elsewhere in the ASEAN region with heavy rainfall over the eastern parts of the Mekong sub-region under the influence of Tropical Storm WUTIP. Few to isolated hotspots were detected in Sumatra, Sabah, Kalimantan, Sarawak and Myanmar. Slight localised smoke plume was observed to emanate from a hotspot in Sarawak based on recent satellite imagery.
Weather and Haze Outlook
In the coming days, the northern parts of Sumatra and the northern parts of Borneo are expected to remain dry, while wet weather conditions are expected over other parts of the ASEAN region with heavier rainfall expected over eastern parts of the Mekong sub-region due to Tropical Storm WUTIP. Isolated hotspots and localised smoke plumes may occur more frequently in areas experiencing prolonged dry conditions. The prevailing winds over the northern ASEAN region are forecast to blow from the southeast to southwest. The prevailing winds over the southern ASEAN region are expected to blow from the east to south.
- 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.