Yom

October 18 - I

Do you remember this? - Only eight months ago.

February 18, 2020

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October 18

(AQI-data October 2019 on page 22 -Oct. 1)

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@ Ventenio

May I suggest you arrive at day 12 in Chiang Rai to help the military

and police to get things done right?  -  Have fun in this area at night.

Are you available?

Tonite you could go there. Where are you?  I can't see you.

May be you didn't notice, left (west) of the small white line there is

Burma/Myanmar. Directly on the other side your beloved Thailand

and their incapable military forces. 

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7 hours ago, unamazedloso said:

Meaning Thai people are causing this. This is not a natural event. 

Dear unamazedloso, would you allow?

Sentence 1 ok, depending on the time of the year and of the location.

Sentence 2 ok 100%.

This is   ventusky.com     -     Almost the same picture   aqicn.org

Btw a concentration of 80ug/m3 PM2.5  ~  AQI 164

https://www.airnow.gov/aqi/aqi-calculator/

OK, I know there are severe problems in Thailand these days.

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1 hour ago, mok199 said:

Street sweepers and a nightly wash on main roads would help...

I'm afraid this wouldn't help too much.

October 17

https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-563784   -   also:

Bangkok governor Aswin Kwanmuang said he discussed fine dust solutions ... as the pollution

of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and less in diameter (PM2.5) would normally return

from December due to stagnant air.

This is interesting:

' PM2.5 resulted from many factors including vehicles, burning and construction '

What will be done?

*   ban vehicles with six wheels or more from entering inner Bangkok between 6am and 9pm

    from December to February to reduce vehicle emissions.

*   school management would be advised to suspend outdoor activities from December to February

    and close schools if severe fine dust pollution continues for longer than three days

*   Outdoor construction would be suspended during thick PM2.5 conditions

*   Dust control measures would also cover the hospitals and hotels that used boilers

So, everything will be fine.

Today in Thailand good and fresh air, except some places in Bangkok.

The Future? Nobody knows.

ventusky.com

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Confirm:

aqicn.org

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October 16   ~   7:00

Rain?

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October 15

today ~ 10:00

'Rainfall is expected in the Northeast'

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October 14   ~   19:00

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October 13

I'm not Cassandra, cursed to utter prophecies, but never

to be believed.

Good idea to check the air purifiers and their filters now.

aqicn.org

Air Purifiers

The model on the right has a PM2.5 meter built-in

PM2.5 Detector

Cassandra in front of the burning city of Troy

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Monday 18:30 UTC

https://www.data.jma.go.jp/mscweb/data/himawari/sat_img.php?area=se1

And here comes Nangka 

https://www.jma.go.jp/en/typh/2016.html

October 12

11:00  -  Much better.

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October 11

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October 9 - I

I can see clearly now...

ventusky.com

And this is Beijing:

aqicn.org

Let's hope there is no 'winter monsoon' this year (?)

But, no cooler nights? No pleasant days?

If the winds might be coming from north west?

OK, very bad too. Like early 2020.

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October 9

Already in October a lot of yellow-orange flags.

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October 8

The 2019-2020 bushfires in New South Wales (NSW)

have been unprecedented in their extent and intensity.

The dust traveled to South America, more than 15,000 km.

In September 2020, historic wildfires on the U.S.

West Coast lofted plumes of smoke high into the

atmosphere. Pushed by prevailing winds that sweep

air from west to east.                       Leipzig, Germany:

11./12.09.20. The consequences of the massive forest fires

on the US west coast can also be felt in Europe: smoke from

California has been pouring over Germany since Friday morning.

Measuring devices from the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric

Measurement (TROPOS) show a layer of dust that has been floating

over Leipzig since 6 a.m. on Friday. During the course of Friday and

Saturday the shift decreased from 10 to 12 to 5 to 10 kilometers in

height. The layer of smoke continues on Monday. It has now fallen

to around 4 kilometers.

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What is PM?

PM stands for particulate matter (also called particle pollution): 

the term for a mixture of solid particles and liquid droplets

found in the air. Some particles, such as dust, dirt, soot, or

smoke, are large or dark enough to be seen with the naked

eye. Others are so small they can only be detected using an

electron microscope.

PM₁₀ : inhalable particles, with diameters that are generally

10 micrometers and smaller.

PM_2.5 : fine inhalable particles, with diameters that are generally

2.5 micrometers and smaller.

How small is 2.5 micrometers? Think about a single hair from

your head. The average human hair is about 70 micrometers

in diameter – making it 30 times larger than the largest fine particle.

https://www.epa.gov/pm-pollution/particulate-matter-pm-basics

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October 7

Yellow increasing.

AQI  50  ~  12 ug/m3 
AQI 100  ~  35 ug/m3 

AQI 125  ~  45 ug/m3 

https://www.airnow.gov/aqi/aqi-calculator/

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October 5

http://www.air4thai.com/webV2/region.php?region=2

This interesting website is back in new design.

Please check any other Thailand region here:

http://aqmthai.com/web/main.php

*  To compare these numbers with aqicn.org or ventusky.com or with http://berkeleyearth.org/air-pollution-overview-new/

    might be a good idea.

*  Berkeleyearth seems to have some problems these days.

*  Similar things happen sometimes to most of the websites concerning climate, weather etc.  -  really strange.

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October 3

Wind from the northwest or home made?

PM2.5 and PM10 almost similar:

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1 hour ago, stouricks said:

... Silk FM in Macclesfield.

Greetings.

yom

On 9/28/2020 at 1:14 PM, XJ650 said:

Radio Luxembourg was my favorite station

... I loved Radio Luxembourg too. - Do you remember Radio Monte Carlo?

All very bad reception(?) in Munich on medium wave, some on Long wave or Shortwave.

Then a Czechoslovak radio station 'Praha(?) with very good music.

And not to forget the 'pirates' broadcasting from the Channel, but difficult to find/listen.

Wild days.

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

However the school should take responsibility for the accident

May I suggest 50 % of the hospital bills?

Poor boy. - I remember something like this more than 70 years ago.

But - 'burned child shies away from fire' , so there might be some basic learning too.

For all involved.

October 1 - I

October last year

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October 1

October starting with a lot of green.

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When  I'm checking 'aqicn.org' most

of the north seems to be green.

But ventusky.com shows a problem

(today) in CM and in Bangkok?

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