1. General Situation:

Brunei Darussalam is currently still in the Southwest Monsoon season where the general prevailing wind is blowing from the southwest. Southwest Monsoon also coincides with the season of active development of cyclonic systems, such as tropical storms and typhoons, over the Northwest Pacific and South China Sea. When such system develops, the country tends to experience unsettled weather conditions with occasional gusty thunderstorms depending on the location of the system in relation to Brunei.

However, there is no cyclonic system observed at the moment within our region of concern. Meanwhile, dry weather prevailed over many areas of southern ASEAN with persistent hotspots scattered around the region . Some of the smoke haze continued to be blown by the prevailing winds towards the country.

2. Brunei Weather Situation:

The Brunei International Airport Meteorological Station recorded horizontal visibility ranging between 4 to 7 km (compared to the horizontal visibility range of more than 10 km during fine weather situation) in the past 24 hours due to hazy condition. The smoke haze is largely transboundary in nature, brought by prevailing southwesterly winds towards the country. These conditions are expected to persist in the next few days. Weather situation for our country until tomorrow, Sunday is partially influenced by the Low Pressure located at the north of South China Sea approximately 1000 km away from Brunei. This situation could still cause gusty showers or squally showers especially over Brunei waters and coastal areas. Sea state is expected to occasionally increase to rough state up to 3.0 m.

3. Weather Advisory:

Strong winds and rough sea conditions are dangerous to all small crafts and sea recreational activities and sports (i.e. swimming, jetskiing, scuba diving and others). Members of the public are advised to be alert with the current weather situations and take necessary steps and precautions.
The Brunei Darussalam Meteorological Department will continue to monitor the weather conditions and will issue weather advisory or warnings if necessary. We would also like to advise the public to keep updated with the latest weather information by visiting our website at www.met.gov.bn or follow our Facebook (@bruneiweather), Instagram (@bruneiweather) and Brunei WX mobile application. The public may contact Duty Meteorological Forecaster at our Forecast Office, through our Weather Line 114.

Wallahu aÂ’lam Bissawab.