borracho Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 It's very smoky out there. Where's the smoke coming from? Or do I just have a bad hangover! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffphuket Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 It's very smoky out there.Where's the smoke coming from? Or do I just have a bad hangover! Probably Indonesia again - same as last year....and the year before that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donna Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 isnt it too early for the indonesia smoke? i thought it was low lying cloud? and i cant smell anything either, so not sure if its smoke. maybe i need to get out and have a good sniff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffphuket Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 isnt it too early for the indonesia smoke? i thought it was low lying cloud? and i cant smell anything either, so not sure if its smoke. maybe i need to get out and have a good sniff! I agree, can't smell anything, but the visibility in Thalang is pretty poor and it certainly doesn't look like fog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeungKen Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 I'm cooking Nam Prik Pao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Chief Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 It's smoke haze, take a deep breath trough your nostrils, can sense it. HAZE Thai metrologs slow to report again and the Phuket Gazette is of course soon getting the news from BKK, yaa maybe tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Chief Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 http://www.met.gov.my/english/service/sate.../hotspot12.html http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=...&sec=nation Looks like it's coming from the northern part of Sumatra. No risk for haze in Malaysia, but the hotspots are increasing rapidly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borracho Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 I remember past years talk about Indonesia, but it occurred to me that's nearly 2000 kms away. I don't smell any smoke either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donna Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 and its still hanging around after the rain. i still dont think its smoke.....but of course i can be wrong - doesnt happen often though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldenbead Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 More hazy today than I have seen for a long time. I also didn't smell anything. Hopefully it won't last too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinginKata Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 From Phuket Gazette... PHUKET: Unusually hazy conditions over the island today are normal and not the result of any forest fires in the region, Phuket’s top meteorologist says. Wiwat Intarapanich, Chief of Weather Forecasting at the Meteorological Department’s Southern Meteorological Center (West Coast), told the Gazette this afternoon that the haze is normal for the southern region at this time of year and marks the beginning of the transition from the rainy to dry season. “We have had a lot of calls asking about the origin of the haze,” he noted. The haze is the result of a cold air mass extending down from China and mixing with warm moist ocean air, he explained. Atmospheric conditions are expected to improve within a few days, though heavy rains could bring about a more rapid improvement, he said. “Visibility is still about 4-5 kilometers and thus does not warrant restrictions on air or sea travel,” he said. The 24-hour weather forecast starting from 5 pm today predicts for continued haze with scattered thundershowers covering about 60% of the area and isolated heavy rains. Northeasterly winds prevail at 15-35 kmh and offshore wave height at 1-2 meters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddlehead Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Just came back from the weekend in Koh Sok where i figured that place is just in a cloud as it often is. But the weather stayed the same all the way home through Koh Lak and right thru to here in Rawai. So, it is not just Phuket by any means. It reminds me of why i moved out of New England many years ago. (too often socked in as they say) Being a transition between rainy and dry season sounds like a nice answer to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiang mai Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 It's smoke haze, take a deep breath trough your nostrils, can sense it. HAZEThai metrologs slow to report again and the Phuket Gazette is of course soon getting the news from BKK, yaa maybe tomorrow. You guys crack me up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiang mai Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 and its still hanging around after the rain. i still dont think its smoke.....but of course i can be wrong - doesnt happen often though. Donna, not you too too surely, stop it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borracho Posted October 23, 2007 Author Share Posted October 23, 2007 It's bad when a hangover last more than a day? Going on two. I believe a drink will clear this up now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiang mai Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 I believe it may be snowing in Patong, no wait, it's probably lava ash from a volcano in the Philippines. Oh cr*p, it's actually flower blossom from my next door neighbors tree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donna Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 sitting at the beach today visibility was terrible! its quite an eerie feeling really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddlehead Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Anyone read the book: "The Road" ? The sky reminded me of that book. I got an email yesterday from my friend in the states who said they are not only having the fires in CA but GA is having a severe drought and PA is dry also. So, I'd much rather have rain than drought although I too am ready for it to be nice. note to Chiang Mai: I wonder why you live here and not in Chiang Mai. I went there once. The sky was full of smoke. (and yes it was definitely smoke, you could easily smell it as well as see it) I stayed 2 days and left. Been in Phuket now 6 years. This is rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donna Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 today cannot be possibly blamed on smoke. the clouds are sitting on the road! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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