More rains forecast for Thailand this week

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More rains forecast for Thailand this week

By The Nation

 

Cloudy sky above Bangkok on Sunday morning.

 

The Thailand Meteorological Department has forecast less rain on Sunday in the North, the Northeast and the Central regions, while the East and South will see isolated heavy rain.

 

 

The southwest monsoon prevailing across the Andaman Sea and Thailand has weakened. Easterly and southeasterly winds blow over the Northeast, the East and the South because of isolated heavy rain in the areas. People in the East and the South should beware of severe conditions, the department said.

The forecast for different parts of the ccountry:

 

Bangkok and its vicinity: Partly cloudy with isolated thundershowers; minimum temperature 27-28 degrees Celsius, maximum 33-38°C; southwesterly winds at 10-25kph.

 

North: Cloudy with scattered thundershowers mostly in Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Phayao, Tak, Kamphaeng Phet and Phetchabun provinces; minimum temperature 25-27°C, maximum 31-37°C, southwesterly winds at 10-20kph.

 

Northeast: Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers mostly in Nong Khai, Bueng Kan, Nakhon Phanom, Chaiyaphum, Nakhon Ratchasima and Buri Ram provinces; minimum temperature 25-27°C, maximum 34-37°C; southwesterly winds at  10-20kph.

 

Central: Partly cloudy with isolated thundershowers mostly in Ratchaburi, Kanchanaburi, Uthai Thani, Nakhon Pathom and Samut Songkhram provinces; minimum temperature 24-26°C, maximum 35-36°C;  southwesterly winds at 10-20kph.

 

East: Cloudy with scattered thundershowers and isolated heavy rain in Chon Buri, Rayong, Chanthaburi and Trat provinces; minimum temperature 24-27°C, naximum 33-37°C, southwesterly winds 15-30kph; waves about a metre high and 1-2 metres in thundershower areas.

 

South (east coast): Cloudy with scattered thundershowers and isolated heavy rain in Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phatthalung, Songkhla, Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat provinces; minimum temperature 23-26°C, maximum 32-36°C; southwesterly winds 10-30kph; waves less than a metre high and 1-2 metres in thundershower areas.

South (west coast): Cloudy with scattered thundershowers and isolated heavy rain in Phang Nga, Phuket, Krabi, Trang and Satun provinces; ninimum temperature 23-25°C, maximum 31-32°C; southwesterly winds at 15-30kph; waves about a metre high and 1-2 metres in thundershowers areas.

 

Forecast for the next seven days

 

From July 12-17, the southwest monsoon prevailing across the Andaman Sea and Thailand will strengthen while the easterly and southeasterly winds blow over the Northeast. More rain is likely in Thailand with isolated heavy rain in the Northeast, the East, and the South.

 

People in the Northeast, the East and the South should beware of severe conditions from July 12-17.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30391161

 

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[bannork]

The rainy season was hit and miss in May and June up here east of Udon  Heavy rain was followed by dry spells of up to a week. Now the dry spell has lasted this entire month so far.

[stouricks]

What's the difference between ISOLATED  and SCATTERED thundershowers please?

[tonray]

31 minutes ago, bannork said:

The rainy season was hit and miss in May and June up here east of Udon  Heavy rain was followed by dry spells of up to a week. Now the dry spell has lasted this entire month so far.

Same here in Nonthaburi, Bang Yai....dry as a bone for weeks but threatening rain every day...just never seems to come

[Brunolem]

37 minutes ago, bannork said:

The rainy season was hit and miss in May and June up here east of Udon  Heavy rain was followed by dry spells of up to a week. Now the dry spell has lasted this entire month so far.

Same here in Sisaket, and that for the third year in a row.

 

Last year, we were "saved" by two weeks of torrential rain in early September, brought by a series of depressions coming from the Pacific...nothing to do with the regular monsoon.

 

It seems that after having lost permanently the winter season, we are about to lose the rain season too...

 

[Henryford]

It's the rainy season, we have rains EVERY week !

[Captain_Bob]

The headline could just as easily be "Record Levels of Drought in the North". This year's "rainy season" has been a joke so far. Mid-July farmers should be planting rice fields and other essential crops, but reservoirs and canals are painfully low. No water = no crops = no money for millions of farmers and their families. Word-up - - - Climate change is REAL. 

[Skallywag]

Rainy season in Pattaya much better than last year so far, still need more to fill up reservoirs 

[Skallywag]

46 minutes ago, stouricks said:

What's the difference between ISOLATED  and SCATTERED thundershowers please?

Google search "Isolated showers or thunderstorms are loners, individual events well removed from any others and affecting less than about 5 percent of the area. You will often hear the terms “scattered” or “isolated” in weather forecasts in the summer, when the nature of showers and thunderstorms is, indeed, scattered or isolated"

 

[stouricks]

Just now, Skallywag said:

Google search "Isolated showers or thunderstorms are loners, individual events well removed from any others and affecting less than about 5 percent of the area. You will often hear the terms “scattered” or “isolated” in weather forecasts in the summer, when the nature of showers and thunderstorms is, indeed, scattered or isolated"

 

So basically, they are the same thing?

[CGW]

17 minutes ago, Captain_Bob said:

Climate change is REAL. 

Has anyone ever denied this? the conundrum for most is that we are told by those who make money from it, is that it is man made, these are the same people that are able to ignore the fact that the climate has been changeable since time began, current changes are directly effected by the weakening magnetic field - a natural event we have no control over.

The weather West of Udon certainly been strange this year, one decent rainfall in the past month, despite lots of optimistic weather forecasting! ????

[kickstart]

23 minutes ago, Captain_Bob said:

The headline could just as easily be "Record Levels of Drought in the North". This year's "rainy season" has been a joke so far. Mid-July farmers should be planting rice fields and other essential crops, but reservoirs and canals are painfully low. No water = no crops = no money for millions of farmers and their families. Word-up - - - Climate change is REAL. 

Could not agree  more ,I am in Lopburi ,last weekend 21 mm that was the first for a week since then nothing ,crops of maize are struggling ,a lot  will get ploughed in, one dairy farmer is cutting  his 40 rie of maize  and is feeding it to his cows .

Not a good year  for farmers yet again.

And before every one writes ,the government will not help the maize farmers ,the local Or-Bor-Tor,  local  government office , has helped in the past, no where enough  covers about  30% of costs ?,but not this  year subbing COVID-19 has used all the reserves.   

[pineapple01]

1 hour ago, stouricks said:

What's the difference between ISOLATED  and SCATTERED thundershowers please?

About 5 KMs

[CGW]

53 minutes ago, Skallywag said:

Google search "Isolated showers or thunderstorms are loners,

I just did! live and learn - tech speak for the weather chaps!

[Jonnapat]

2 hours ago, stouricks said:

So basically, they are the same thing?

I think scattered means slightly more than isolated

[nauseus]

7 hours ago, stouricks said:

What's the difference between ISOLATED  and SCATTERED thundershowers please?

Some are lonely and some are in disarray.

[tonray]

Nice steady rain in Bang Yai, Nonthaburi last night. But the next week supposed to be be dry as a bone again. I spent two hours watering everything yesterday as things were starting to show water stress...then bang....rain all night. 

 

Hopefully we'll see some more regular rains like this