Active weather warnings

What MET Malaysia warnings mean for drone flights

MET Malaysia (Jabatan Meteorologi Malaysia) issues severe-weather warnings that are published through data.gov.my and mirrored here as they are issued. For drone pilots the categories matter differently:

• Thunderstorm warnings ground flying. They bring strong gusts, heavy rain and lightning, and Malaysian storms build faster than an hourly forecast refreshes. Treat an active thunderstorm warning covering your state as a NO-GO regardless of what the sky looks like when you launch.
• Strong wind and rough sea warnings are written for shipping and small craft. They matter if you are flying coastal, offshore or from a boat, and are usually irrelevant to an inland flight — which is why they are shown separately here.
• "No Advisory" entries are placeholders confirming nothing is active (for example tropical cyclone monitoring). They are not warnings and are listed apart from real ones so the count is honest.

Warnings are reissued with extended validity windows rather than replaced, so repeated near-identical entries are collapsed into one card showing the full period. A warning naming your state does not automatically mean bad weather at your exact coordinate — check the live verdict for your site as well.

Weather warnings are not airspace restrictions. Temporary flight restrictions around events, VIP movements or emergencies are issued as NOTAMs by CAAM and never appear here. See the rules checklist for what else to check before every flight.