Severe air pollution forces Nok Air flightback to Bangkok

February 2, 2020

12 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Right now, 99% certain, it's a burning thing more than a cars and vehicles thing.

I really appreciate what you're saying.

Agricultural burning, burning of rubbish, fumes of cars/vehicles, unfiltered power plants

and a windy thingy from India and China, sometimes too, I think.

I've regarded the situation since Jan 15 in/around Phrae, up North.

It's pretty bad...

If you like, have a look here:

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

February 2, 2020

Feb 2

Today this was another sunny afternoon, while PM2.5 levels remained high.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeOa_OcB3DE

Phrae 21:00 163 AQI

Most of Thailand in red, more than 150 AQI.

North of Bangkok a bit worse.

No good news.

I think the Chinese smog will be arriving soon.

February 1, 2020

Feb 1-II

berkeleyearth.org had technical problems since Jan 26.

Now there is are maps of today, 6:00 ICT.

impressive?

February 1, 2020

Feb 1

2,000 views until today, very impressing. - Thank You.

I would be happy about any additional contribution...

Red, red, red, almost all Thailand. - Phrae too, 173 at noon.

Today's WWWinners

January 31, 2020

Jan 31-II

Another (basic)website:

1. http://www.aqmthai.com/aqi.php?lang=en

click on the calendar for the date-next box for the time-then 'ok'

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

Here you'll find all the stations reporting hourly.

There is always a table and sometimes a graph version.

[the Thai names: compare with #1 or copy&paste into some translator]

This for Phrae69t

January 31, 2020

Jan 31

Since yesterday afternoon much 'better', AQI 80 - 120.

Today at noon Phrae city 60, in the village 90 - 100.

aqicn shows 178 for Phrae(?), AirVisual 135.

[ of course, always depending on time and place ]

Phrae 12:00 AQI 165

January 30, 2020

Interesting curves, smog and virus related? - Exception AUS suffering from the fires.

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January 30, 2020

Jan 30

Almost the same situation as yesterday.

The winner today again Phrao.

But a lot of other unhealthy areas:

Chiang Mai

Lampang

Mae Sot

Kanchanaburi

most of Bangkok moderate

January 29, 2020

Jan 29-II

aqicn.org, they are joking, aren_{'t they?}

_{I'm afraid somebody might be already sitting/watching in my computer?}

_{But here a screenshot:}

Btw, I didn't change to Italic and to smaller size!?

So why don't add another screenshot?

January 29, 2020

3 hours ago, sceadugenga said:

There's nothing on my desk this morning about anything being deleted or hidden in this thread.

Thanks, Mr sceadugenga,

then it's me and my computer.

Adding to 'Unhealthy Levels':

Phayao today is completely normal/average in Northern Thailand with an AQI 170.

So normal has become unhealthy.

A dangerous development.

January 29, 2020

Jan 29

AQI last night seems under 200. - Phrae at 8:00 shows 199.

At our place 20 km north of Phrae this morning a bit over 200.

Very cold, 16 C./60 F.

Today's 'winner':

1. Phrao in the North - 387 at 9:00

2. Saraburi north of BKK - 358 at 8:00

3. Sam Ngao Hospital, near Tak - 335 at 10:00

January 28, 2020

22 minutes ago, CGW said:

What a splendid & eloquent comment ????

Vice versa.

January 28, 2020

Jan 28

Nothing to say, it's grey, milky grey outside the whole day.

The PM2.5 levels were around 280 in the morning,

came down to 100 in the late afternoon and now?

... I'm too lazy(?) to have a look.

January 28, 2020

45 minutes ago, ripstanley said:

This is the worst I have seen in January in the 8 years I have lived here. There has been no rain for almost 2 months.

My advanced answer had disappeared. My fault or supervision?

OK. * This year it is the worst. - Stop. *

January 28, 2020

3 hours ago, CGW said:

It would help if they swept the roads and cleaned up the Northern cities!

We are 12 miles west of Udon, the wind direction changed a couple of days ago (coming from the East now) the AQI is good, at the house it is ~12, downtown it is ~90, the dust is never cleaned up and just recirculated and added to by the traffic!

What a BS.

January 28, 2020

@ AgMech Cowboy

At least Phrae is no 'sugar cane farm area'.

Farmers predominantly are growing rice, corn, water melons and

in the Lampang area pineapples.

The prevailing smog has a lot of sources.

January 28, 2020

I'm fully relaxed. Thanks.

You just should add: the smog problem up North.

January 28, 2020

Severe air pollution forces Nok Air flightback to Bangkok

For me the main information of this article would be

... PM2.5 dust particles today (January 27) were found to be 564 micrograms

per cubic meter in the province, while PM10 was 171 micrograms ...

A bit more than we measured at our place in Phrae at 8:48.

January 28, 2020

Info about the air pollution in Phrae:

Chiang Rai Forum - Thaivisa

January 27, 2020

Here some more information.

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143398-phrae-pm25-numbers-2020/

January 27, 2020

1 hour ago, MaxYakov said:

Well, I guess 155 is better than 354, which is what I'm seeing on RTAQ right now. But 155 is still unhealthy!

Anyway, I got the Lat/Lon of Phrae and went to the NASA FIRMS (Fire Information Resource Management System) site and saw that it is in an area where there so many fires that it looks like what the Australian bush fires must have looked like (or maybe still look). Maybe you should call Coulson Aviation and get air tankers in to take care of the fires (or least scare the arsonist-growers)?

It's unhealty, you're so right.

Now a screenshot from Phrae valley with Phrae and the airport in the center. 72 hrs.

Not too bad?