Regional Haze Situation

It was dry over the northern ASEAN region overnight, except over the northern parts of Myanmar where there were some showers. Based on the overnight satellite pass, clusters of widespread hotspots were detected in Myanmar and Thailand, while isolated scattered hotspots were detected elsewhere in the Mekong sub-region. Moderate to dense smoke haze was observed to cover parts of Myanmar, the northern and central parts of Lao PDR and Viet Nam, as well as the northern, central and eastern parts of Thailand. Slight to moderate haze was observed over the southern parts of Lao PDR and the northeastern parts of Cambodia. The hotspot and smoke haze situation could not be fully determined over the northern parts of Viet Nam and Myanmar due to thick cloud cover.

Wet weather and cloudy conditions were observed over most of the southern ASEAN region, except over parts of Peninsular Malaysia and the Lesser Sunda Islands where it was relatively drier. Few hotspots were detected in Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo. Slight localised smoke plumes were observed emanating from hotspots detected in the southeastern parts of Kalimantan and Peninsular Malaysia. The full extent of the hotspot and smoke haze situation over the southern ASEAN region could not be determined due to extensive cloud cover.

Updated 10:52 AM 05 Apr