Weather warning as deadly Tembin approaches

By The Nation

 

 

A weather warning for Tropical Storm Tembin has been issued for the southern provinces, as the storm is expected to pass through southern Vietnam on Tuesday and hit Thailand later in the week.

 

Lertchai Sri-anan, adviser to the Royal Irrigation Department (RID), led a video conference with regional RID offices, the Meteorological Department and related agencies on Monday to discuss preparations for the Tembin, which will affect southern provinces as well as Bangkok from Wednesday to New Year’s Eve.

 

Tembin has already wreaked havoc in the Philippines, killing more than 200 people.

 

Lertchai said the weather prediction from the Meteorological Department and Hydro and Agro Informatics Institute showed that the storm would land in southern Vietnam on Tuesday and weaken, but it would still be strong enough to affect many parts of Thailand.

 

He said the upper part of the country including the Bangkok Metropolitan area would receive precipitation, while there would be heavy rain in the South from Prachuap Khiri Khan to Songkhla starting on Wednesday.

 

The RID instructed regional offices in storm-affected areas to closely monitor the situation and be prepared for heavy rain and flash floods. 

 

The RID will also issue weather warnings to local authorities in affected provinces telling them to warn the public about the coming storm.

 

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This is a big improvement over the past when the 2004 tsunami was not called by a Thai meteorologist due to his fear of being wrong.

 

 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, watcharacters said:

 

 

 

This is a big improvement over the past when the 2004 tsunami was not called by a Thai meteorologist due to his fear of being wrong.

 

 

 

 

 

Also you can follow that storm and see that it's going to be a depression during the following days:http://www.metalarm.tmd.go.th/monitor/typhoon

the hong kong observatory also provides useful information on storms in the area...

 

http://www.hko.gov.hk/wxinfo/intersat/satellite/sate.htm

Progress comes?

17 hours ago, watcharacters said:

 

 

 

This is a big improvement over the past when the 2004 tsunami was not called by a Thai meteorologist due to his fear of being wrong.

 

 

 

 

 

A tsunami is caused by earthquake and not by a storm. So nothing a meterologist can predict.

I am in southern Vietnam , where the storm passed yesterday, and dissipated rapidly causing only a very windy rainy chilly day.Looking at the satellite imagery there is not much left of it.

Got a bit of rain today just sw of BKK. Rain in late December? Beginning of Dec. heavy wet season rain. Still I guess climate change isn't real!

Whomever said climate change isn't real?