Umbrellas ready? Rainy season has arrived

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

The 2018 rainy season has officially started, Meteorological Department director general Wanchai Sakudomchai said on Monday.

 

He said the southwest monsoon had arrived, bringing humidity and no doubt plenty of precipitation to much of Thailand.

 

Wanchai said a low-pressure trough would cover major portions of the country until October and the amount of rain would be similar to that of last year.

 

But he forecast less rain in June and July than normal in the drier Northeast.

 

Full story: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30346417

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-05-28

Thailand Enters Monsoon Season: Officials

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

Heavy rains on April 27 over Bangkapi area. Photo: uglypink / Twitter

 

BANGKOK — Get that umbrella ready because the rainy season has officially begun, the national weather agency said Monday.

 

The country entered monsoon season Saturday as southwest winds brought in humidity from the Andaman sea and caused rainfall nationwide, Wanchai Sakudomchai, director general of the meteorological department said.

 

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/2018/05/28/thailand-enters-monsoon-season-officials/

 

-- © Copyright Khaosod English 2018-05-28

...ahm...it's been raining cats and dogs for days now!

But okay...NOW it is real rain!

and the dams are full

just love it how they put a date to the rainy season, its been pissing down for weeks, so those vids we see of various parts of the country under water, are photoshopped then ,still never mind it will be drought season soon in a few months lol

Thanks for the warning as all my Thai neighbors didn't expect it will happen this year again.

1 hour ago, AGareth2 said:

and the dams are full

http://www.thaiwater.net/DATA/REPORT/php/rid_dam_1.php?lang=en

 

Those %ages shown in red are near full, otherwise not a problem.

1 hour ago, ratcatcher said:

http://www.thaiwater.net/DATA/REPORT/php/rid_dam_1.php?lang=en

 

Those %ages shown in red are near full, otherwise not a problem.

Doesn't work if those in charge are color blind.

Thailand to expect 1-2 storms this rainy season

 

 

BANGKOK, 28th May 2018 (NNT) - Thailand has officially entered the rainy season and expects 1-2 tropical storms to hit the Kingdom this year, while dry spells in June and July may have a damaging effect on crops. 

Director-General of the Meteorological Department Wanchai Sakudomchai announced today that Thailand had officially entered the rainy season on May 26th, as the Kingdom has experienced continuous rainfall due to moisture from southwesterly winds in the Andaman Sea, as well as winds from the east. Rainfall from mid-June to mid-July will be scattered and irregular. This could lead to insufficient water for farms in many areas, especially those outside of irrigation zones. Farmers are therefore advised to conserve water supplies. 

The rainy season for upper Thailand is expected to last until mid-October, while the southern region will experience continuous rainfall until December. This year, Thailand expects 1-2 tropical storms to move through the country, with a high chance of affecting the northern and northeastern regions from mid-August to September. In addition to rain, storms in the upper region can result in flash floods and overflowing rivers. 

Total rainfall this year is expected to be 5-10% below average, similar to levels experienced in 1985. June and July will be the driest months of the season, at 60-140 millimeters of rain. Dry spells lasting 1-2 weeks could damage smaller plantations. Farmers outside irrigation zones are advised to store water at this time. The wettest month will be September, at 300-600 millimeters of rain. The southwestern region will experience 5-10% above average rainfall. 

Director-General Wanchai assured the public that rainfall this year won't be as intense as in 2011, which resulted in severe flooding nationwide. Officials have released up to 80% of water stored from the previous rainy season to prepare for this year's rainfall.

 

-- nnt 2018-05-28

Well, I guess the bureaucrats who put out this stuff don't live in south Surin. Here it's been raining with increasing frequency & intensity since early-to-mid April.

 

"1-2 tropical storms this rainy season"? We've already had about 10 or 15 of them ... Rainfall "5-10% below average"? Well, the last 2 years here had mild rainfall, though last year the rain started mid-April also. So far this year: well above average I should think.

To be honest, if there is a chair outside the 7/11 , I'm quite happy to sit there for hours with a drink and watch the idiots play broom-brooms in it !

31 minutes ago, webfact said:

Total rainfall this year is expected to be 5-10% below average,

Dams are already full in Cm, wettest I've ever seen it and the monsoon hasn't really started yet.

Thai government can't get anything right.

5 hours ago, AGareth2 said:

and the dams are full

And by the end of July, there will be a water shortage across the Nation.

Incompetence reigns ( pun intended )

Does this mean we will have decent water pressure at our taps again?

 

6 hours ago, webfact said:

the rainy season has officially begun

Time to ready the Royal Rainmaking Air Force!

What is interesting about the tables showing current levels in the dams is that the "usable" levels shown are generally around only 50% of the water currently stored.

 

What does that mean? Dams silted up (!) so the LEVEL of the water is not actually a measure of the QUANTITY of water stored? [Or am I just becoming paranoid after a few years of life in Thailand?]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand to expect 1-2 storms this rainy season

 

I would say 10-20 times more than that,...... wanna bet???? 

2 hours ago, weegee said:

Does this mean we will have decent water pressure at our taps again?

 

Nah that's only for Special Days,,,, When an Imported  Government Person visits the Area,,,,,  ?

Lived here for 12 years and this has so far been the wettest year so far I've experienced. We have a large reservoir on our land that usually fills to the brim in October with the last of the rainy season. This year it is already overflowing into the surrounding rice paddy.

Our lawn is also looking rather luxuriant despite this supposedly being the tail end of the dry season and hardly having been watered by sprinklers for weeks.

So far it rained way above average in many parts of Thailand. Drought in June and July? It’s hard to believe.

Yes, that weather forecast could have been done by Michael Fish .... no, no even he wasn't that bad! Been here for 10 years in Udon, typically our ponds overflow (not every year) but usually only in September or October. Last year they overflowed in July ........ this year only need about 20 cms to do that, usually May is when they are lowest! Probably will overflow in June.

 

For us the rain started on the last day of Songkran and has rained most days since. Rain on Monday has taken until today to drain away, still standing water in some places, ground now waterlogged. By August major flooding in the province is almost a certainty. A dryer year than normal? Wishful thinking.