Jimdandy Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 If I can add a degree of insight :-). I worked in The Middle East for years where the usual 'hot' periods get up to 50 C/122 F for days at a time. If you do not drink a lot of water 'regularly' and keep your skin from getting exposed to the hot sun, you're basically "<deleted>. They don't wear those long flowing toques for fun. Not only alcohol, but sugar will take you out. Drinking in an a/c tavern then trying to walk in the heat can take you to your knees. For diabetics or sugar junkies, the same thing can happen. Now here's the kicker. If there's a power failure because the power grid is overloaded, many people are going to be in a world of hurt. Imagine being on the 25th floor or in an elevator/lift and the power goes out? The high heat is also about how well the power company has built the power grids to withstand periods of high usage (power surges) but that's a whole different story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayned Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Time for Antactica to open worlwide Embassies and offer retirement visas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
from the home of CC Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Bring it on, I didn't leave frigid Canada years ago to freeze here as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 2 hours ago, overherebc said: Seems different around my way. I bought a 50 baht thermometer ( made in China ) in the local market and since then it's been a steady 31 degrees day and night for about 3 months. Ahh yes, someones coloured the fluid tube with a red pen, saves costs on filling the tube with liquid. Damn clever these Chinese, they don't miss a trick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie999 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 5 hours ago, Prairieboy said: Forecasters have trouble predicting tomorrow's weather - this article is a waste of pixels. You seem to generalize, far too much, if only talking about Thailand, you might be right, but hey, Australia is much larger, than many countries, with a wide range of climatic zones, and the weather forecasters are usually spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie999 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 1 hour ago, shackleton said: Well there was me looking forward to the Winter season for things to cool down now its passed Summer starts 21st February 2019 Must be some truth in this World warming climate change There was me waiting for it to snow, now summer is about to start, oh well, will global warming, maybe snow next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilotman Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 when isn't it scorching in the summer months here? Last 5 years or so have seen regular 40+ temperatures in the North East, same in the far west clear of the mountains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilotman Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 33 minutes ago, wayned said: Time for Antactica to open worlwide Embassies and offer retirement visas? what are the financial requirements going to be? Hard to have 'liquid assets' in Antarctica. Mind you, the houses are cheap, just build your own igloo in a couple of hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surasak Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 3 hours ago, Jai Dee said: Several off-topic troll posts have been removed. This is the News Forum gentlemen... not the pub. I wondered why there was no slot to put the money in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPCVguy Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Current amount of atmospheric insulation (a.k.a. greenhouse gases) is higher than at any time in 3-5 million years. most of the energy (>93%) gets stored in the oceans which warm slowly, but are warming consistently. [https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/22/climate-heating-greenhouse-gases-at-record-levels-says-un ] The fluctuations in annual temperatures as felt on land depends upon whether the still warming oceans have the warmer water going deep, or sitting at the surface. This is especially noticeable in the east Pacific. When the warm water is at the surface, the weather pattern is called an El Nino and for El Nino years that warm surface water heats the air above, which then warms the atmosphere globally - more so than otherwise. 1998 and 2016 were strong El Nino years, but the overall pattern of the planet is on a warming trend line. Due to the slope of warming globally, even the neutral year of 2017 came in as the 2nd warmest year since accurate measurements have been gathered widely. 2018 was a weak La Nina year, so slightly cooler (with more rain in the Western Pacific monsoonal season). 2019 looks to be another El Nino year, but it won't be known until May or June how strong an El Nino it will be. Thus, 2014 - 2018 form a 5 year streak of all five of the warmest years on record. Even a weak El Nino is poised to supplant 2017 for 2nd warmest year on record globally. ... and while La Nina years have more rain in the eastern Pacific / SE Asia, La Nino years have less rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benmart Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 4 hours ago, Benmart said: An expert is a person who is correct 50 percent of the time and not sure about the other 50 percent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randy723 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 I live near Ubon and we only had about 3 weeks of winter this year. ever since mid Jan. the weather has been getting hotter than usual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunsetT Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 1 hour ago, Jimdandy said: If I can add a degree of insight :-). I worked in The Middle East for years where the usual 'hot' periods get up to 50 C/122 F for days at a time. If you do not drink a lot of water 'regularly' and keep your skin from getting exposed to the hot sun, you're basically "<deleted>. They don't wear those long flowing toques for fun. Not only alcohol, but sugar will take you out. Drinking in an a/c tavern then trying to walk in the heat can take you to your knees. For diabetics or sugar junkies, the same thing can happen. Now here's the kicker. If there's a power failure because the power grid is overloaded, many people are going to be in a world of hurt. Imagine being on the 25th floor or in an elevator/lift and the power goes out? The high heat is also about how well the power company has built the power grids to withstand periods of high usage (power surges) but that's a whole different story. My nightmare here is a power cut on a really hot summer season afternoon here and the aircon stops! Luckily it has only happened twice in 13 years! Once you've stripped naked there's nowhere to go....lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordblackader Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Hot season is going to be hot. I would never have guessed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 4 hours ago, howbri said: The "climate" has been changing for thousands of years, long before fossil fuels and CO2. Environazis simply want to control our lives without making ANY change to the temp. You're wrong if you believe that the climate isn't being changed because of humanity's behaviour. Very wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreasyFingers Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 2 hours ago, wayned said: Time for Antactica to open worlwide Embassies and offer retirement visas? I thought you were going to say it was time for Antarctica to be towed to Thailand to make it cooler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayned Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 6 minutes ago, GreasyFingers said: I thought you were going to say it was time for Antarctica to be towed to Thailand to make it cooler. If it were towed to Thailand, the Thais would just cut it up and sell the ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
727Sky Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 7 hours ago, Prairieboy said: Forecasters have trouble predicting tomorrow's weather - this article is a waste of pixels. NOAA said this winter would be warmer than normal back in November 2018 for the states and Europe.. They were wrong then as most of their long term forecast are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 9 hours ago, ukrules said: I might just stay in for the summer this year or find a bar that has Air Con. If you cannot afford to have AC or use it in your house through the day, then you should not be living in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGW Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 50 minutes ago, SunsetT said: My nightmare here is a power cut on a really hot summer season afternoon here and the aircon stops! Luckily it has only happened twice in 13 years! Once you've stripped naked there's nowhere to go....lol. Agree, we had a power cut here (Udon) in 2016 in the middle of the hottest spell ever known to mankind!!! it was misearable and went on for 48 hours. I wanted to go to a hotel but wife refused so stayed with her the first night, the second night I was going to leave her and go to a hotel ???? just before I left the house power came back on ???? it was heaven ............. Next day I bought a generator - never again................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM07 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Yeah...ahm...if the idiot in the White House is still looking: Global Warming is in Thailand! (I am being sarcastic- I actually know the difference between weather and climate! Unlike the President of 'Murica and his climate change -denying friends!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie999 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 55 minutes ago, wayned said: If it were towed to Thailand, the Thais would just cut it up and sell the ice. Antarctica is a land mass, not an ice cap as is the Arctic, good luck in towing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyFriend You Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 4 hours ago, sjbrownderby said: Every time I buy a ticket I have a fifty percent chance of winning the lottery.........................I might win, I might not. But if we don't play we have 100% chance of losing............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dallen52 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Weather permitting. This is one the the government has no control over in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPCVguy Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 3 hours ago, 727Sky said: NOAA said this winter would be warmer than normal back in November 2018 for the states and Europe.. They were wrong then as most of their long term forecast are. Yes, and there is a reason as to why: With the Arctic Jet stream weaker in winters (due to warmer Arctic temperatures having a a lower temperature differential between winter mid-latitudes and high latitudes) the regional extreme weather events known as a polar vortex becomes more common. Most weather patterns used for generating forecasts are striving to predict the convection currents that will develop - and as the planet warms, those historical patterns are failing to repeat. The weather patterns of this century are more energetic and consequential than the 20th Century patterns during which measurements the meteorologists learned their craft of forecasting short term, seasonal weather ... and ultimately long term climate forecasts. The details of the November NOAA forecast admited that a weak El Nino produces less predictability than does a strong El Nino. The odds are not tilted as intensely. https://www.climate.gov/news-features/videos/noaas-mike-halpert-explains-2018-19-us-winter-outlook How different is the intensity of this El Nino shaping up? We won't know fully until around June, when the northern hemisphere has transitioned to summer. This January vs January of 2016 shows a major difference. So far, 2019 looks to be a weak El Nino. This is the official forecast as currently posted:https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/enso/february-2019-enso-update-el-niño-conditions-are-here Meanwhile, on a snapshot visual comparison of sea surface temperatures in the Pacific, here is January 2016 (strong El Nino) vs January 2019. We know the thermal imbalances of added insulation have a long term global effect of warming (climate change) but forecasting much more than a week in advance for regional temperature is still and art more than a science. It is worse for precipitation forecasts due to so much more water held aloft now as warmer oceans and air allow an increase. It is only when scientists see strong conditions that drive weather patterns that they can be more confident in what will happen. We don't currently have strong conditions in the Pacific to know whether this El Nino will grow stonger, or revert to neutral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0815 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 11 hours ago, Prairieboy said: Forecasters have trouble predicting tomorrow's weather - this article is a waste of pixels. 50/50 chance That's what I use to say when I don't have a clue... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berrec Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 As so logical described above............... Maybe this will help the CC alarmists with some basic logic and facts... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPA-KpldDVc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKr Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 I say, so Summer will be warm, who'd have imagined that. Moreover, Summer has been announced to begin February 21st, henceforth or as always? maybe off topic, but I wonder: the Meteorological Department is located in Bangkok, isn't it? Then what was the occasion of a press conference in Pattaya on a Saturday? Always nice to know the event I missed, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreasyFingers Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 3 hours ago, Aussie999 said: Antarctica is a land mass, not an ice cap as is the Arctic, good luck in towing it. Lighten up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humpy Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Simple, Winter here and Summer in UK ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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