Popular Post Jajazazajaja Posted May 2, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted May 2, 2019 I’ve been here for many years any can’t remember it being quite so draining at night with the humidity or am I just getting old? 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Isaanbiker Posted May 2, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted May 2, 2019 Nope, you're not alone! My wife, son and I are also suffering and it's causing a headache and a strange feeling. It's terrible weather with temperatures up to 42 degrees that feel like 55! 9 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jajazazajaja Posted May 2, 2019 Author Share Posted May 2, 2019 I don’t remember ever feeling quite so uncomfortable. This is no good at all 70% humidity! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Puchaiyank Posted May 2, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted May 2, 2019 Humidity is up...humility is down! I feel for the folks who will be exposed to this dangerous heat and humidity for hours at the time for the next few days to give the new King his proper coronation... Hopefully plenty of bottled water and medical staff will be available... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sunnyboy2018 Posted May 2, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted May 2, 2019 Yep. For the first time in 3 years I am using AC...at night. Also jogging has to be done after 7pm. Condo swimming pool essential... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyL Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 3 hours ago, sunnyboy2018 said: Yep. For the first time in 3 years I am using AC...at night. Exactly the same. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smutcakes Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 6 hours ago, sunnyboy2018 said: Yep. For the first time in 3 years I am using AC...at night. Also jogging has to be done after 7pm. Condo swimming pool essential... Despite the temperatures being higher i am thinking an 7 or 8am jogging time about optimal. I went out at 3am the other morning around central BKK and the temp with the extremely high humidity at that time was a killer. At 7am the humidity has dropped and temperature only starting to ratchet up. I like to normally do about 20km before work, at the moment in the mornings i am lucky to get to 12-15 without feeling dizzy and unwell. I have decided to keep it in the gym until we have some decent rains. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dnyy Posted May 3, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted May 3, 2019 6 minutes ago, smutcakes said: Despite the temperatures being higher i am thinking an 7 or 8am jogging time about optimal. I went out at 3am the other morning around central BKK and the temp with the extremely high humidity at that time was a killer. At 7am the humidity has dropped and temperature only starting to ratchet up. I like to normally do about 20km before work, at the moment in the mornings i am lucky to get to 12-15 without feeling dizzy and unwell. I have decided to keep it in the gym until we have some decent rains. Yea me too. Normally running a Marathon before work and all I can do now is 30k. 1 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jajazazajaja Posted May 3, 2019 Author Share Posted May 3, 2019 Yeah, just went for a wander around my Soi. It’s humid as shit. Heat index is 44 degrees, apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotpoom Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 (edited) I'm reminded of when I lived back home.... Most conversations began with... Talking about the weather. Edited May 3, 2019 by dotpoom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jane Dough Posted May 3, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted May 3, 2019 I've been here the best part of four decades. This is one of the hottest, humid and most prolonged hot spells I can every remember. Fortunately I am not getting old. Mrs R told me last night. Rooster 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post marin Posted May 3, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted May 3, 2019 3 hours ago, Dnyy said: Yea me too. Normally running a Marathon before work and all I can do now is 30k. I would bet in reality you would be breathless walking up one flight of stairs in January's cool season. Some of us do jog on a daily basis for our health.. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mauGR1 Posted May 3, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted May 3, 2019 20 minutes ago, dotpoom said: I'm reminded of when I lived back home.... Most conversations began with... Talking about the weather. That's a good sign, it means no really bad news to talk about .. But, after 15 Songkran in Thailand, this year is definitely the hotter. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thaikahuna Posted May 3, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted May 3, 2019 Been here 14 years and do not recall the weather ever being this brutal for so long. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ChrisKC Posted May 3, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted May 3, 2019 It's definitely hotter and more humid this year than the previous 16 years I have lived here. I have almost bragged that I am one of those that can stand the heat including doing long bike rides at the hottest times of the day for many years. I hardly ever sweated and always recovered well after my rides. This year where I am in Lampang, and I know it has been very similar in most of Thailand, it has been incessantly hot and humid together with a week of high pollution as well, for at least six weeks with little rain and two weeks ago the temperature reached 44.7 and Lampang had the accolade of the hottest place in all of Thailand. About my comfort level? I have sweated more than I have ever done anywhere and found myself being likened to a mad dog in the midday sun. Mind you, I still go out most days and I am back today from a 52kms ride up and down the mountain, sweated so much but two litres of water on my return allowed for a swift recovery. I have aircon on at night but even then, I don't need a blanket over me; elsewhere in the house the heat feels extraordinary and seems to linger all night. We need some decent amount of rain. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopburi3 Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 Humidity is never Arizona or desert level but actually it is the heat with normal or less humidity this year - humidity has been too low for rain (which is unusual for Thailand after Songkran) so we continue to wait at record high temps with no rain to cool it down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Percy P Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 (edited) 16 hours ago, Isaanbiker said: Nope, you're not alone! My wife, son and I are also suffering and it's causing a headache and a strange feeling. It's terrible weather with temperatures up to 42 degrees that feel like 55! That's the ambient air temp sun rays hitting the skin can be 60* I Put thermometers out in the sun's rays,if it reaches 60* the bulb breaks.Try it. Edited May 3, 2019 by Percy P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brunolem Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 29 minutes ago, Percy P said: That's the ambient air temp sun rays hitting the skin can be 60* I Put thermometers out in the sun's rays,if it reaches 60* the bulb breaks.Try it. In my area in Isaan, we certainly have record heat index this year, not record temperature, but record humidity added to the temperature. From what information I can gather, it would seem that this abnormal humidity comes from the wind which, most of the time, these last few weeks, blows from the South or Southeast, which is not a normal occurence. Generally, the wind blows from the West or Southwest, and doesn't bring so much humidity over Isaan. Having said that, this is extremely unpleasant, and at a certain point, dangerous for our health if we are not careful... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jane Dough Posted May 3, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted May 3, 2019 6 hours ago, Dnyy said: Yea me too. Normally running a Marathon before work and all I can do now is 30k. Absolutely. I used to do tons of marathons, sometimes seven a week. Then they changed the name to Snickers. Rooster 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToddinChonburi Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 Welcome to the tropical country of Thailand. Florida is much worse. Lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnyy Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 3 hours ago, marin said: I would bet in reality you would be breathless walking up one flight of stairs in January's cool season. Some of us do jog on a daily basis for our health.. I run too, isn't that what I said? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreasyFingers Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 This is the same as what we called the "build up" in the northern Territory. High temperatures, high humidity waiting for the wet season to kick in. When I worked there all of my clothes would be wet through by 9am from the perspiration. Would drink up to 2 gallons of water a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greeneking Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 16 hours ago, Puchaiyank said: Humidity is up...humility is down! I feel for the folks who will be exposed to this dangerous heat and humidity for hours at the time for the next few days to give the new King his proper coronation... Hopefully plenty of bottled water and medical staff will be available... And any soldiers who do not have the 'discipline' to cope with the heat will not be punished this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dek Somboon Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 Indeed, and it’s only going to get worse. (The last time we had this much CO2 in the atmosphere, temperatures were 3-4 degrees hotter and sea levels were 20m higher...) So we'll either have to get used to it, or do something about it. We could for example start a Farangs For Mangroves program!???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emptypockets Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 1 hour ago, GreasyFingers said: This is the same as what we called the "build up" in the northern Territory. High temperatures, high humidity waiting for the wet season to kick in. When I worked there all of my clothes would be wet through by 9am from the perspiration. Would drink up to 2 gallons of water a day. Or the loony season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emptypockets Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 36 minutes ago, Dek Somboon said: Indeed, and it’s only going to get worse. (The last time we had this much CO2 in the atmosphere, temperatures were 3-4 degrees hotter and sea levels were 20m higher...) So we'll either have to get used to it, or do something about it. We could for example start a Farangs For Mangroves program!???? How long ago was that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jajazazajaja Posted May 3, 2019 Author Share Posted May 3, 2019 This is impossible. I am supposed to be playing golf tomorrow night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suradit69 Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 18 hours ago, Puchaiyank said: Humidity is up...humility is down! I feel for the folks who will be exposed to this dangerous heat and humidity for hours at the time for the next few days to give the new King his proper coronation... Hopefully plenty of bottled water and medical staff will be available... Might spare a thought for the farm laborers and constructions workers, er al, who spend everyday outside whatever the weather might be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dek Somboon Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 1 hour ago, emptypockets said: How long ago was that? 400,000 years ago or twice as long as we’ve been around: https://climate.nasa.gov/climate_resources/24/graphic-the-relentless-rise-of-carbon-dioxide/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerkinsCuthbert Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 11 hours ago, Dnyy said: Yea me too. Normally running a Marathon before work and all I can do now is 30k. Pentathlon man m'self; normally do 50km bike ride, swim 15 miles out to sea and back in the Gulf, then round it off with a 23km sprint home for breakfast before starting work at 4am. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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