It's back! Lousy air quality...ugh

[elgenon]

On 11/17/2020 at 1:34 AM, Guderian said:

This morning I thought I was coming down with a cold or flu, or even the dreaded C19, I felt lousy, very tired with a sore throat and aching muscles. I had a kip at lunchtime and felt a bit better for the rest, so I went for a quiet stroll down Jomtien way. I only live about 1,500 metres from Pattaya Park but could see the tower was looking murky and hazy. I know what that means, poor air quality, and it was confirmed when I got to the beach; Bang Saray and the hills down there had disappeared into the murk. The AQI was close close on 140 when I checked, which is enough to make me feel aware of it. I'm finding as the years go by that I'm becoming more and more sensitive to the AQI, I've no idea why. This is the earliest I've seen the lousy air quality start in Pattaya, anyway, are we really in for 3 or more months of breathing this rubbish?

 

So at least something hasn't changed! 555

[jomtienisgood]

On 11/17/2020 at 5:20 PM, johng said:

Yep as soon as the "cool" weather appears  "everything" is burned    maybe its tradition or they are trying to keep warm ???? or crops have been harvested and they burn the stubble   when they could  turn it back into the soil and save money on buying fertiliser next year and save everyone dying from respiratory problems !!

yes, now, because nothing else left, they burned my money.

[jomtienisgood]

22 hours ago, champers said:

If it stays like this we will struggle to see the fireworks show next week. Horrible.

No struggle, fireworks canceled. 5555

[tomazbodner]

2 hours ago, Moonlover said:

And blaming the Chinese is stretching a bit as well!

And it's not getting any better!

 

[Yom]

42 minutes ago, tomazbodner said:

And it's not getting any better!

 

https://www.ventusky.com/ prognosis for 16:00

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[redwood1]

Let's see we have this pollution looking stuff hanging in the air--but I smell no smoke or pollution yet it burns my eyes a bit.....Earlier this November the temperature felt cooler than it does now.....I am looking out my window now in Pattaya and seeing lightning flashes that light up the entire sky but I hear no thunder....

 

Nope......Nothing strange going on here......

 

[Guderian]

 

 

 

 

On 11/20/2020 at 7:15 AM, webfact said:

Nobody knew where the smaze had come from

 

Honesty in the Thai media, whatever next, lol?

 

After the rain last night I thought we'd be back in the green this morning, but nope, the AQI is well over 100.

 

 

 

[Chivas]

Frankly the vast majority would just like to be in Pattaya in the first place to experience the air quality.......

[Banana7]

Today Friday December 11, 2020. the air pollution is really bad, unhealthy. Most of it is originating in Bangkok. At 15:45 Air Visual is reporting 154 US AQI, and and it's confirmed at https://www.ventusky.com/phatthaya

[kingofthemountain]

46 minutes ago, Banana7 said:

Today Friday December 11, 2020. the air pollution is really bad, unhealthy. Most of it is originating in Bangkok. At 15:45 Air Visual is reporting 154 US AQI, and and it's confirmed at https://www.ventusky.com/phatthaya

Yes yesterday it was already bad here in Pattaya

and today it's worse, with a thick pollution fog on all the area

[Yom]

4 hours ago, kingofthemountain said:

today it's worse

 

Sorry, this is the forecast for Ban Bueng, Chon Buri Province, done by aqicn.org:

 

We are not many - I don't have an answer

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[Guderian]

17 hours ago, kingofthemountain said:

Yes yesterday it was already bad here in Pattaya

and today it's worse, with a thick pollution fog on all the area

 

Heck, and there was me thinking I could hardly see the Waterfront condo a click away because of the sea fog, surely the Thai authorities wouldn't have told us porkies about the air pollution, would they? :rolleyes:

[redwood1]

There is never a explanation where all this smaze comes from....It must come from those huge piles of sugarcane they burn on Walking Street every day....

[bkk6060]

Who cares.

Many countries are Covid cesspools with lockdowns 1000's dieing everyday.

Just be happy you can go outside at all..

[findlay13]

On 11/17/2020 at 8:35 PM, PatOngo said:

Maybe the govt will urge them not to burn off............................maybe not! ????

What again this year?????

[Destiny1990]

Polluted air and polluted ocean waters  i doubt these high value and high quality tourists are going to embrace  this Neo Style Pattaya. ????????

[SidJames]

I live outside of town a bit & there are a lot of small farms or houses with some crops & every single night except for when it rains heavy they have fires lite.

They seem to wait until the sun has settled then off they go.

The police do nothing, city hall do nothing.

I know a teacher at the local Thai school & one of their neighbours is often burning even during the day, she told me they asked him to stop & reported him so he stopped for a while & then started back up.

 

[Banana7]

On 12/12/2020 at 2:50 PM, redwood1 said:

There is never a explanation where all this smaze comes from....It must come from those huge piles of sugarcane they burn on Walking Street every day....

If you look at the ventusky.com map,  for Pattaya, 80% is coming from Bangkok not sugar cane burning. Choose the air quality index.

 

The air coming into Bangkok is in the 40-50 range, then as it rises and disperses from Bangkok 450-550 micro grams per cubic meter on December 13, 2020. There is massive plume of pollution that rises from Bangkok and blows away from it, depending on wind direction.

Edited December 13, 2020 by Banana7

[Meat Pie 47]

8 minutes ago, Banana7 said:

If you look at the ventusky.com map,  for Pattaya, 80% is coming from Bangkok not sugar cane burning.

Sugar cane on Walking Street where do you live?

[jacko45k]

4 hours ago, Meat Pie 47 said:

Sugar cane on Walking Street where do you live?

Sugar Shack....

[Yom]

Facts, this Monday 9:00 - same scale

 

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[AlfHuy]

9 hours ago, Meat Pie 47 said:

Sugar cane on Walking Street where do you live?

Sugar daddy cane.

[Guderian]

It's much better this morning, maybe the heavy rain late yesterday afternoon helped, but it might also be that there's a bit more of a breeze and/or the direction has changed. Oddly enough, the other side of the Bight is suffering now, while Chonburi, Rayong and most of Bangkok are reasonably healthy.

 

[redwood1]

Boy the air quality is extra bad today.....I would say its much worse than the current reading....

 

https://www.ventusky.com/?p=12.21;101.76;7&l=pm25

[kingofthemountain]

2 hours ago, redwood1 said:

Boy the air quality is extra bad today.....I would say its much worse than the current reading....

 

https://www.ventusky.com/?p=12.21;101.76;7&l=pm25

yesterday was ok, but the previous days were horribles

the air pollution is a really concern now

a lot of the Thais don't seem to understand they are part of the problem

they keep to burn almost everything around me on a daily basis

(Mostly during saturday\sunday)

[redwood1]

13 minutes ago, kingofthemountain said:

yesterday was ok, but the previous days were horribles

the air pollution is a really concern now

a lot of the Thais don't seem to understand they are part of the problem

they keep to burn almost everything around me on a daily basis

(Mostly during saturday\sunday)

 

Look at the world map here...

https://www.ventusky.com/?p=12.21;101.76;7&l=pm25

 

Its a monstrous band of pollution that goes from Africa to India to SE Asia to China....Though its not a solid band,its a band never the less .....I really do not think they do much burning in North Africa or Bangkok for that matter......Whatever is going on I dont think has much to do with burning....

Edited January 19, 2021 by redwood1

[kingofthemountain]

7 minutes ago, redwood1 said:

 

Look at the world map here...

https://www.ventusky.com/?p=12.21;101.76;7&l=pm25

 

Its a monstrous band of pollution that goes from Africa to India to SE Asia to China....Though its not a solid band,its a band never the less .....I really do not think they do much burning in North Africa or Bangkok for that matter......Whatever is going on I dont think has much to do with burning....

omg it's monstruous !!

Could it be a ''natural'' cause?

I can't see any industrial, road traffic or crop burning pollution in the Sahara

wich is one of the areas covered by this pollution cloud

[jomtienisgood]

On 12/14/2020 at 1:04 AM, Meat Pie 47 said:

Sugar cane on Walking Street where do you live?

Next to Bamboo Bar . Skvit Soi 3. 

[Yom]

8 hours ago, kingofthemountain said:

I can't see any industrial, road traffic or crop burning pollution in the Sahara

 

I think in Africa it's sub saharan crop burning pollution etc.

A different problem than in Thailand, situated between India and China.

Please don't forget, it's winter and charcoal produces a lot of 'bad' air. Everywhere...

https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/     last 24 hrs

 

https://www.ventusky.com/

 

https://aqicn.org/here

 

 This seems to be a minor problem ... (same scale)

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Edited January 19, 2021 by Yom

[Guderian]

The AQI is bad and rising this morning, 170 an hour ago and over 180 now. Much higher and we'll be in the list of the top 10 most polluted cities in the world.

Way to go Thailand - not!