The ASEAN Specialised Meteorological Centre (ASMC) was established in January 1993 as a regional collaboration programme among the National Meteorological Services (NMSs) of ASEAN member countries. Its main objective is to enhance regional capacity and strengthen support in the provision of meteorological services, through pooling the resources of ASEAN NMSs. The terms of reference of the ASMC are:

     • Implement Numerical Weather Prediction models for use in the region;
     • Develop applications and interpretation of models’ products and remote sensing data; and 
     • Conduct research and development work on longer-range forecasting techniques and climate studies.

The Centre is hosted by the Meteorological Services Division, National Environment Agency of Singapore.     

Under the ASEAN Regional Haze Action Plan endorsed by the ASEAN Ministers of the Environment and implemented in 1997, the ASMC was designated to monitor and assess land and forest fires and the occurrence of transboundary smoke haze affecting the ASEAN region. The countries monitored initially covered Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, and later extended in 2003 to cover the whole ASEAN region (Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam) 

This website provides operational and regularly updated information and products on the weather and smoke haze situation in the ASEAN region. The target end users are the environment, forestry, meteorological and related agencies of ASEAN member countries.

The individual ASEAN NMSs and the relevant national authorities shall remain the sole authorities for issuing hazardous weather and environmental conditions in their respective countries.

To contact us, please write to:
The Director,
ASEAN Specialised Meteorological Centre
P.O. Box 8
Singapore Changi Airport Post Office
Singapore 918141