Yom

Feb 11

Thailand North

 CM-Mae Hia

 CM-CMIS

 Mueang ChiangRai

 Phayao KnowledgeP.

 Nan-MunicipalityOff.

 Lampang

 Phrae 12:00   42 μg/m³  -  AQI 117

 Tak-MaeRamatHosp.

https://www.airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=airnow.calculator

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Feb 10-I

Phrae  22 ug/m3   or   AQI 72   -   I think, this is great.

After all these smoggy, grey and really unhealthy days up North.

But ...

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Feb 10

Today is the first day we can see at least an outline of the mountains

left and right of the Yom valley. The PM2.5 concentration 20 km north

of Phrae: only 16 ug/m3   -   AQI 59.   It's a holiday.

Situation in Phrae seems a bit worse:  52 ug/m3   -   AQI 142

                 Much better now at 11:00   19  ug/m3   -   AQI 65                                

     Most of the North between 61 and 123 ug/m3   -   AQI 154 - 186,

     but should improve.

Bangkok seems better:  21 - 49 ug/m3   -   AQI 70 - 134

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May I add two more pics? - Same location.

Someone plays with fire at midnight, another just before lunch...

Feb 9

Phrae PM2.5

Thailand - PM2.5  12:00

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I didn't know about the following:

Korat today:  ' So many dead, so many lives ruined.  ' (djayz)

So sad. So crazy. So useless.

Feb 8-II

Feb 06. 2020   Strict no-burn zone measures to be implemented in North
https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1146987-strict-no-burn-zone-measures-to-be-implemented-in-north/  
and  National          

Very good!
Chiang Mai has forbidden burning from January 10 to April 30.
Phrae has announced a strict ban on burning from February 1 to April 30.

(late he comes, but he comes...)

Not so good - today Saturday Feb 8  2020:

Nan province  has banned burning from February 15 to April 15.

Phayao  declared absolute no-burning areas from March 1 to April 30.

Tak  declared absolute no-burning areas from March 1 to April 30.

Lamphun  declared absolute no-burning areas from March 1 to April 30.

(Suanboonyopatha)

Lampang  declared absolute no-burning areas from March 1 to April 30.

Mae Hong Son … strictly forbidding fires from March 15 to April 30.

(MaeSariangHospital)

Chiang Rai  is monitoring the trend of disaster situations to issue guidelines
on no-burn zones later.

Why not at once? - Is it not bad enough? - No visible dead people?

10 PM: 

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@ saengd

So if you have taken measurements with two devices, then this should be correct.
I think the place where you’re living might be healthier than other places in/around ChiangMai?

The results seem very often perplexing, but I think (hope) there is no fake?
Many factors are influencing any measurements, so your numbers (37?) that means AQI 105
is not too far away from an average AQI today (in CM) before noon of 130 – 140(?).
[AQI 130 means 47 μg/m³]

http://www.aqmthai.com/public_report.php might be a tool to double check the situation.

Feb 8

Phrae AQI 159  or  71 μg/m³  -  11:00

North - red

Chiang Mai - bad

Bangkok - a bit better

Feb 7-III

Thanks to  graemeaylward and the WHO.

Any ‘farangs’ who do not wear face masks should be kicked out of the country, that’s according to Thailand’s health minister, Anutin Charnvirakul.

The minister isn't talking about air pollution, he's chattering about the virus.

[https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147187-farangs-who-don%E2%80%99t-wear-face-masks-should-be-kicked-out-of-thailand-says-health-minister/]

What a ... .

Have to wait a bit, but I'd love to leave this beautiful country soon.

'I'm leaving now I'm leaving now Get out of my face Get out of my place

I'm leaving now, adios I'm leaving now '

Feb 7-II

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1146987-strict-no-burn-zone-measures-to-be-implemented-in-north/#comments

But it's much too late.

Of nine northern provinces, eight have been declared as strict burn-free areas.

1 Chiang Mai has forbidden burning from January 10 to April 30.

2 Phrae has announced a strict ban on burning from February 1 to April 30.

3 Nan province has banned burning from February 15 to April 15.

4. Phayao, Tak, Lamphun, and Lampang provinces have been declared absolute no-burning areas from March 1 to April 30.

5 Mae Hong Son is strictly forbidding fires from March 15 to April 30.

Chiang Rai is monitoring the trend of disaster situations to issue guidelines on no-burn zones later.

Feb 7

Phrae AQI 161 - that means 75 μg/m³ .

The North 'Unhealthy'.

Bangkok and other places in Thailand 'Unhealthy' respectively

'Unhealthy for sensitive groups'.

Sorry, Surat Thani 'moderate' (AQI 85) and Phuket AQI 55.

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Thanks, motdaeng

' Small particulate pollution has health impacts even at very low concentrations – indeed no threshold has been identified below which no damage to health is observed. Therefore, the WHO 2005 guideline limits aimed to achieve the lowest concentrations of PM possible. '

[https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/ambient-(outdoor)-air-quality-and-health]

I would be happy (and satisfied) with 10 μg/m³ 24-hour mean. But this is an illusion.

By the way, I'm not worried about myself. - I think of the little children, the elderly and the frail and all those people who cannot or can never afford to buy an air purifier.

Ignorance and arrogance might be a minor problem. I don't know.

Feb 6-II

A little help with ug/m3 and AQI     

My monitor shows 29, so this should be AQI 87.

Below 20 ug/m3 would be nice. (An old wooden house is not to insulate.)

Above 55 ug/m3: not healthy.

More information in the attached Excel paper. It's a trial version.

2020-02-06 ugm3 - AQI.xlsx

Feb 6

The wind blew it away, at least a bit.

Where the children of tomorrow dream away in the wind of change?

ventusky.com   -   winds               windy.com   -   here: PM2.5  

AQI Phrae at 11:00  156  -  many northern stations not reporting

The Capital better:  97 - 151

aqicn.org

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@  DrTuner

You (and the young lady) are absolutely correct.

— agricultural burning is the root cause of PM 2.5 pollution in Thailand.

But one must add, depending on time of the year, place, winds etc.

If you would be so friendly to have a look at the fire-mapper screenshots,

7 days, 3 days, the last 24 hrs. - The whole Indochina seems to be burning.

And, as we all know, the bigger culprits are Cambodia and Myanmar.

What can we, the Thaivisa readers do?

What should the Thai Government do?

The whole 'thing' isn't funny:

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/28/health/air-pollution-heart-disease-study/index.html

Ab very good read. Thanks,  TallGuyJohninBKK

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/28/health/air-pollution-heart-disease-study/index.html

So, I'm happy for the Bangkokians.

Funny: ' while the safety level prescribed by Thai authorities is 50mcg per metre or lower. '

Most of the north is 'red', between 150 and 180.

Feb 5

Thailand-News today:

Virus related 8 subjects - Air pollution 0

Bangkok - live webcam:

https://www.skylinewebcams.com/en/webcam/thailand/central-thailand/bangkok/bangkok-crossroads.html

AQI Phrae 171 - most parts up north 150 - 180.    

Chiang Muan high again(199). - Why?                             

Saraburi high too(257). - Why?   -   At 11:00 down to 71.

Na Phralan PoliceStation

By the way - AQI 150 corresponds to 55.4 ug/m3

                         180             "          111.6 ug/m3

Today back to the OP.

Pravda said:  ' When is it going to be enough for you guys? '

For me the handling of the air pollution problem in Thailand since years

is far beyond any intelligent behavior.

If there were no familary reasons to stay, I would leave tomorrow.

So, if you would like to have some info about the dust situation

up North, starting Jan 15, 2020, here is a/my link:

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143398-phrae-pm25-numbers-2020/page/4/#comments

Excuse me, some of you posters on the BKK-forum.

It's not the time to discuss the existing problem, it is time to act,

not to babble.

Feb 4-II

TH-North a bit better, BKK remains mostly red.

But other parts of the world today, better or not? - all same scale

Here we are:

Feb 4

Phrae 9:00 AQI PM2.5  171

                                                            Thailand in Red

https://www.airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=airnow.calculator -   aqicn.org

Not good today, but might be worse:

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Feb 3-II

Phrae and the North much better in the afternoon,

Bangkok stays red:

that's an AQI of 112, 89, 93.

Links:  http://www.aqmthai.com/public_report.php

https://www.airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=airnow.calculator

Feb 3

Thailand mostly red, AQI 191 in Chiang Muan - between

Phayao and Nan. Higher PM2.5 levels too in the South:

Phuket(82), Surat Thani(112) and Hat Yai(147), today 11:00.

Phrae 171 

Where there is smoke there must be fire...