Oops! Met office chief presents the serious storm news like this!

 

Thai  caption: Someone forgot to turn off the effects

 

Boring updates from the meteorological office seem to be a thing of the past, reported Sanook. 

 

During a "Facebook live" broadcast on Tuesday someone forgot to turn off the effects button. 

 

Consequently the staid and serious figure of Director-General Phuwiang Prakhammin got a make-over. 

 

Picture: Sanook

 

First he appeared as a cartoon weight lifter then got a beard and hat like a character out of Harry Potter. Then he changed to be Ultraman, got bulging eyes, had a spell as a wolf man and a gangster...he even appeared as an Olympic champion athlete replete with gold medal. 

 

Frantic efforts at the met office to save the boss embarrassment failed as netizens got screen shots and preserved the gaffe for posterity. 

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook noted that the broadcast had its highest ever viewing figures - even if Phuwiang was trying to be serious about tropical storm Kajiki. 

 

Someone at the met office apologized - they had pressed the wrong button. 

 

Source: Sanook

 

 

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6 hours ago, webfact said:

Sanook noted that the broadcast had its highest ever viewing figures - even if Phuwiang was trying to be serious about tropical storm Kajiki. 

There is a message here.

A troll post and a reply has been removed. 

Someone is going to get a serious ass-kicking

555555 this made me laugh.

I would have to ask why the head of the Met Office is doing a TV broadcast of the weather? Everywhere else in the world this is a low status job commonly given to unqualified but attractive presenters.

 

But here I know the bigwigs love to cavort in front of the cameras rather than dealing with the serious issues of running large organisations, so quite fitting that he ends up a figure of fun!

Love it ...

Does Thailand have a weather website in English similar to weather channel.com in the US?

Try a Google search.

 

I did. It works here.

 

https://weather.com/en-GB/weather/today/l/Bangkok+Thailand+THXX0002:1:TH

Somebody still actually watches TV for weather forecasts? Quaint.

2 hours ago, Fred white said:

Does Thailand have a weather website in English similar to weather channel.com in the US?

Or the Naked Weather. ? You get love those peaks and troughs

3 hours ago, Classic Ray said:

I would have to ask why the head of the Met Office is doing a TV broadcast of the weather? Everywhere else in the world this is a low status job commonly given to unqualified but attractive presenters.

 

But here I know the bigwigs love to cavort in front of the cameras rather than dealing with the serious issues of running large organisations, so quite fitting that he ends up a figure of fun!

Just for your info' In UK tv weather forecasters are qualified to what is termed a level 3 meteorologist. ( Level 1 is the start point )

This means they are capable of reading and producing weather maps using the information that is gathered to produce them.

Probably a bit different from the USA where the qualifications may be based on a depression of IQ, a large level of frontal mobility and an inate knowledge of low level activity combined with a deep understanding of reduced pressure on a high pressure frontal occlusion.

6 hours ago, Chang_paarp said:

There is a message here.

There is, but unfortunately nobody understands it. 

maybe there can be a cartoon tank version on friday nights

7 hours ago, DrTuner said:

Somebody still actually watches TV for weather forecasts? Quaint.

I believe it was a Facebook live broadcast which is how all the hilarious effects

were achieved.

3 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

maybe there can be a cartoon tank version on friday nights

Here's a preview:

17 hours ago, Reigntax said:

Or the Naked Weather. ? You get love those peaks and troughs

Brought to you by the beautiful girls of the windmill club

I sometimes have an interest in the weather forecast.....