Today we experienced that strange phenomenon that is called rain! ????

 

It seems absolutely ages since we last had rain in CM. Do any members know how long it's actually been since the last rainfall?

 

I have a feeling it will be short lived, by coincidence the power has gone off ????

i believe those few drops we just got are called   "acid rain" .

 

 

The last rain at my place north of town was November 4. 

 

We'd scheduled a new roof on my house today.  The rain is welcomed, but why today?  The roof will have to wait until a better day. 

A bit of rain won't clear the pollution.  Only wind will achieve that.

Ten minutes of very light rain in Mae Hia, which I blame on myself as I got the car washed yesterday.

Wonder if asking China to ease up on the weather modification programs would help any?

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But the proposed increase in scale may affect weather patterns in the region. Part of the weather modification efforts focus on the Tibetan Plateau, the largest freshwater reserve in Asia, sometimes referred to as the Third Pole given its ice fields. The Tianhe Project (“sky river”) would divert water vapour above the Yangtze River basin northward to the Yellow River basin, where it would fall as precipitation. Although the project could alleviate water shortages in China’s dry north, it could also cause problems in India and south-east Asia if the water flow of the Mekong, Salween or Brahmaputra rivers – with headwaters in the Tibetan Plateau – is affected.

https://smartwatermagazine.com/news/smart-water-magazine/china-will-expand-weather-modification-practices

5 hours ago, techietraveller84 said:

Wonder if asking China to ease up on the weather modification programs would help any?

https://smartwatermagazine.com/news/smart-water-magazine/china-will-expand-weather-modification-practices

 

Some Middle East countries are very big on cloud seeding, but they don't think about the knock-on impact elsewhere....

 

..a bit coming up from the Andaman Sea to NW Thailand.... but won't last long.. 

https://www.ventusky.com/?p=17.1;99.6;5&l=rain-3h

 

 

 

9 hours ago, rumak said:

i believe those few drops we just got are called   "acid rain" .

 

 

ergo probably why the power went off as indicated by the OP, as the wires were eaten by the acid....ouch

it is not rainy season yet.. 

4 minutes ago, 1FinickyOne said:

it is not rainy season yet.. 

 

tell that to the rain

22 minutes ago, 1FinickyOne said:

it is not rainy season yet.. 

 

Indeed it was just light drizzle for us in Tha Sala for about 20 mins

58 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

probably why the power went off

Sometimes in long periods of dry dusty polluted conditions the dust/pollution settles on the insulators (especially high voltage lines) then a light rain or even thick mist will settle on but not wash the dust off, instead shorting out and causing blackouts.

Thus generally a decent downpour after a long dry period is appreciated by more than just people, except of course those re-roofing their houses.

8 minutes ago, millymoopoo said:

Sometimes in long periods of dry dusty polluted conditions the dust/pollution settles on the insulators (especially high voltage lines) then a light rain or even thick mist will settle on but not wash the dust off, instead shorting out and causing blackouts.

Thus generally a decent downpour after a long dry period is appreciated by more than just people, except of course those re-roofing their houses.

It is called a sarcastic or wise a...comment that I posted.  Sorry if it was taken as gospel.

It is not supposed to rain this time of the year (at least where I live) so consider yourself lucky. If I was you I'd go out and buy some lottery preferably with numbers read from the clouds.

1 hour ago, Ventenio said:

 

tell that to the rain

If it came my way, I would... none out here - but we did get the blackout... 

11 hours ago, rumak said:

i believe those few drops we just got are called   "acid rain" .

 

 

I believe that adjective can be applied to some posts on TV.

MrBrad, the God of Roofing has decided to make an example of you.

Just bucketed down for half an hour near Chiang Rai about an hour ago. A few drops it was not.

Heavy rain  now in CM Suthep.

 

john

It's raining now at my place. It's not supposed to rain at all during winter or dry season.

 

My lawn is safe from dying of lack of water.......Yeah!

 

The weather forecast is that there will be rain tomorrow too.

 

Had heavy-ish rain on the Darkside of Pattaya earlier in the week also.

now, this is rain... 7 pm

I posted a new topic about rain before I was aware of this one, Mods, i suggest you remove mine to here.

On 1/30/2021 at 7:13 AM, Yorkshire Tea said:

A bit of rain won't clear the pollution.  Only wind will achieve that.

I'll have a word with the missus...

18 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

I'll have a word with the missus...

If everyone adds more raw cabbage with their somtam, we can collectively solve the "wind" issue.....please check with your sleeping partner prior! ????

I got absolutely drenched coming home from work last night around 1815, never been so soaked from rain.  I was on my bike with no waterproofs and got stuck at a large intersection when the heaviest rain decided to fall ;-(   Still good to have some rain.