Weather in Hua Hin & Thailand

[HHTel]

I am very impressed with the updated drainage systems. Was sat in the coffee shop in MV and the flooding was filling up the front of MV. When the rain eased off, the water drained away quicker than I could drink a small beer. Almost like taking the plug out of the bath.

Soi 112 was flooded due to the mountain run-off but even that is clearing very quickly.

Things are better.

[tong]

How is weather in november. Is it ok, or lot of rain.

[Dannie Boy]

How is weather in november. Is it ok, or lot of rain.

November brings the end of the wet season, so in some years you can still get quite a bit of rain and in others not too much - impossible to predict what it will be this year, so be prepared.

[JamesWest]

i was on my big bike when the heavens opened up yesterday afternoon.
rode all the way back from the pala u waterfall to find HH under very dark clouds.
here are photos of soi 112 at the traffic circle.
the flood control is getting better but they have to make some changes here.

water was gushing up from underground here and flowing onto the streets in all directions.

why Ba Farang in middle of road? nothing to see here.

[Frank Hovis]

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general ... -provinces

Bangkok Post - Residents in 14 provinces in the central region, the East and the South have been told to brace for heavy rain and possible landslides in risk areas from today to Wednesday.
Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department director-general Chatchai Promlert said on Saturday a monsoon trough will lie across the lower Central Plains, the East and the upper South between Sept 26 and 30, causing heavy downpours that may trigger flash floods and landslides in some areas.
He asked the disaster prevention and mitigation offices in the 14 provinces to be on full alert to deal with possible flooding and landslides and to closely monitor the situation around the clock. Rapid deployment teams and necessary equipment must be put on standby to help affected residents.
The 14 provinces are: Kanchanaburi, Ratchaburi, Phetchaburi, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Prachin Buri, Sa Kaeo, Nakhon Nayok, Chon Buri, Trat, Rayong, Chanthaburi, Ranong, Phangna, and Phuket.

The end of Soi 112 is probably not the place to be in over the next few days.

[JamesWest]

yes... i think the Thais really like the heavy rain. i could see how much fun they were having driving through the flooded intersection. of course i was right there with them. a bit of a challenge on the big bike.

time to go shopping for a few food items... in case we get the endless rain thing like last week.

[HHTel]

I live off 112 and once again, once the rain had stopped, the floods had gone an hour later.

[PeteC]

The Thai weather and news sources had been talking about a stormy period Sept 26-30>. That seems to have disappeared this morning on both Thai and foreign weather sources. No idea what we'll get , if anything.

The whole country needs the water and if it doesn't arrive within the next 30 days, it's going to be a miserable 6-8 months for millions up-country. Pete

[PeteC]

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http://nypost.com/2015/09/01/this-years ... on-record/

The current El Niño weather phenomenon is expected to peak between October and January and could turn into one of the strongest on record, experts from the World Meteorological Organization said at a news conference on Tuesday.

Climate models and experts suggest surface waters in the east-central Pacific Ocean are likely to be more than 2 degrees hotter than average, potentially making this El Niño one of the strongest ever.

Typically, the warm air above the eastern Pacific causes increased precipitation over the west coast of South America and dry conditions over the Australia/Indonesia archipelago and the Southeast Asia region, said Maxx Dilley, director of the WMO’s Climate Prediction and Adaptation Branch.

El Niño can also bring higher rainfall and sometimes flooding to the Horn of Africa, but causes drier conditions in southern Africa, Dilley said.

“The truth is we don’t know what will happen. Will the two patterns reinforce each other? Will they cancel each other? Are they going to act in sequence? Are they going to be regional? We really don’t know,” said David Carlson, the director of the World Climate Research Programme.

This El Niño could also be followed abruptly by a cooling La Niña *, which, along with the advance of global warming, was adding to the uncertainty, Carlson said.
My Note: * Which could give Thailand major rain and flooding next season

“I think we all think that there’s some climate warming signals starting to show up in the El Niño record,” he said.

But he added that it is still unclear how global warming is affected the frequency or magnitude of El Niño events.

Since 1950, strong El Niño events occurred in 1972-3, 1982-3 and 1997-8.

[PeteC]

^ Note concerning above....there was an El Nino in 2009-10 followed by a La Nina in 2011, and we all know what happened that year, the country was underwater.

[JamesWest]

CHECK OUT THE LOOP:

http://www.goes.noaa.gov/sohemi/sohemil ... scolw.html

Taiwan about to get hit.

[HHTel]

^ Note concerning above....there was an El Nino in 2009-10 followed by a La Nina in 2011, and we all know what happened that year, the country was underwater.

But mainly because the authorities ignored warnings from various international met offices advising to release water from the dams ahead of the ensuing torrential rains. The problem was exacerbated because water had to be released during the rainstorms to protect the dams. That was a huge factor in the flooding. If they had heeded the advice, then the situation would not have been anywhere near as bad.

"We have to save the water in the dams for irrigation" said the government at the time. A statement that had disastrous consequences.

[JamesWest]

i was just out checking on the construction of my new swimming pool and i saw this big slow moving storm moving in from the southwest. this is looking in the direction of outbound soi 112.

[JamesWest]

and this for next five days in the north:

http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/R ... wp2215.gif

[PeteC]

I wasn't aware this happened until seeing the news this morning.

Bangkok streets flooded, heavier rain warned

....."Heavy rain flooded a dozen streets in nine Bangkok districts on Friday while the Meteorological Department predicted heavier downpours from Sunday due to tropical storm Mujigae.".....