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Latest Weather and Haze Situation
Wet weather and cloudy conditions were observed over many parts of the ASEAN region today, except over Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands, the southern parts of Sumatra, the southern and western parts of Kalimantan where it was relatively drier. Few to isolated hotspots were detected mainly in Java, Kalimantan, the southern parts of Sumatra, and Viet Nam. Slight to moderate smoke plumes were observed in the southern parts of Kalimantan and the southern parts of Sumatra. The full extent of the hotspot and smoke haze situation could not be determined due to cloud cover.
Weather and Haze Outlook
Over the next few days, showers are forecast over many parts of the ASEAN region, except for drier conditions over parts of Java and the Lesser Sunda Islands, the southern parts of Borneo, and the southern parts of Sumatra. Isolated hotspots and localised smoke plumes may develop over drier areas. The prevailing winds over the southern ASEAN region are expected to blow mainly from the southeast. The prevailing winds over the northern ASEAN region are forecast to blow mainly from the southwest or west, except over the Philippines where winds are expected to be mainly 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.