Rain

[naboo]

Hearing thunder in three different directions.

Rain has just started. if the TMD make a link between the weather and earthquake, I'm going to.... I don't know, but I'll be very upset.

[naboo]

My weather radar has a large amount of rain coming over from the west to arrive in 2/3 hours and a local build up with us now.

[T_Dog]

Nice heavy shower in Mae Taeng for 30 minutes, with full sun the whole time.

[Tywais]

Coming down nicely now in Mae Hia.

File photo.

[brommers]

Thunder and lightning overhead and now heavy rain in Meechok. Glad I washed the car earlier, not!!!

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[Ulysses G.]

It's raining. It's pouring - at Thapae Gate and it has been going on for quite a while.

[MESmith]

Great night for a hike up Doi Suthep

[narkeddiver]

Thunder and lightning overhead and now heavy rain in Meechok. Glad I washed the car earlier, not!!!

When I got back from work my missus asked me to wash the car, I checked the forecast and said nope it's going to rain, I'll take it to the car wash tomorrow. She decided this wasn't soon enough so she decided to wash it herself - am now trying very hard tot to say I told you so

[MESmith]

This is now rainy season so we will no longer need to post for each event.... let's put this thread to bed 'till next dry season.

It's raining, the frogs are singing, I'm happy

Stop your moaning

[naboo]

and some more. 2 days on the trot for evening rain. Had to turn the fans off last night.

[Gonzo the Face]

^{Bless me father for I have sinned........ I have been part of a lazy bunch that let this most sacred of threads go so long without a post.}

^{and because of this we have had very little rain , well into the supposed rainy season.}

^{Com'on guys and girls...... we have to placate the gods and do some type of rain dance or something..... The reservoirs are never going to be filled at this rate.}

^{I went looking for this post in memory or Gotlost....... hoo dunn got lossssed}

^{Com'on RAIN}

^{It took a search to find this on thread all the way back to page 92 ! ! !}

Edited June 28, 2014 by Gonzo the Face

[MESmith]

^{Bless me father for I have sinned........ I have been part of a lazy bunch that let this most sacred of threads go so long without a post.}

^{and because of this we have had very little rain , well into the supposed rainy season.}

^{Com'on guys and girls...... we have to placate the gods and do some type of rain dance or something..... The reservoirs are never going to be filled at this rate.}

^{I went looking for this post in memory or Gotlost....... hoo dunn got lossssed}

^{Com'on RAIN}

^{It took a search to find this on thread all the way back to page 92 ! ! !}

SE of city, only 2 days (including today) since heavy rain. Most days, garden getting a thorough soaking. I class this as an above average wet season so far

[Sparkles]

Hang Dong ,no more than a drizzle for quite some time now,below wet season average for us southerners

[naboo]

I was going to revive this thread to post about the lack of rain this year. I may do a statistical analysis gotlost style once the daughter has gone to bed if I can find the pages of data.

[naboo]

Can't find all the data, so a summary:

Year to date, we're 334mm, against 375 average YTD by the end of June. I remember the stats being quite similar last year.

Northern north Thai provinces:

...........................This YTD...........Ave YTD

Chiang Mai.............334...................375

Lamphun................295...................345

Mae Hongson.........309...................430

Chiang Rai.............335...................545

Phayo.....................261...................405

Phrae.....................438...................405

Nan.........................346...................460

We are currently behind, as we were last year. However, the rainy season has a long way to go with over a metre of rain in an average year.

[MESmith]

Can't find all the data, so a summary:

Year to date, we're 334mm, against 375 average YTD by the end of June. I remember the stats being quite similar last year.

Northern north Thai provinces:

...........................This YTD...........Ave YTD

Chiang Mai.............334...................375

Lamphun................295...................345

Mae Hongson.........309...................430

Chiang Rai.............335...................545

Phayo.....................261...................405

Phrae.....................438...................405

Nan.........................346...................460

We are currently behind, as we were last year. However, the rainy season has a long way to go with over a metre of rain in an average year.

Well, on our plot of land, we seem to be above average. South of SK, normally a rain shadow compared to the rest of the valley. Not this year. Also, I see a lot of heavy low cloud on the mountains east & north east of CM, which I interpret as rain.

[Gonzo the Face]

One of the great things about this particular thread is the historical value.

If you think or think you remember something in the rain mode, in years gone past.... go back in our own TV Time Machine and check out what happened at this particular time in years past.

Good Show Got Lost, where ever you are

[T_Dog]

The last two weeks have been predictable. Rain every day!

[realthaideal]

So, who else thinks it's been unusually dry this month? Wish I knew where my links to recorded data are. I've only been able to find yearly averages. Who has links?

[Tywais]

So, who else thinks it's been unusually dry this month? Wish I knew where my links to recorded data are. I've only been able to find yearly averages. Who has links?

I agree that it has been significantly less then normal.

August 2013 - 297mm. August 2014 so far - 161mm

http://www.accuweather.com/en/th/chiang-mai/317505/august-weather/317505?monyr=8/1/2014&view=table#

Averages:

[Sparkles]

Depends where the readings are taken.huge difference from district to district,If they were taken at our place in Hang Dong they would be well below according to my rain guage.

[realthaideal]

I've seen many potent storms appear on the tmd website and hit hard in Lamphun n Lampang, but way less hitting the top part of the North, from Chiang Rai down to us.

Edited August 23, 2014 by realthaideal

[MESmith]

I think the rainy season so far has been just fine.

But I'm not a rice farmer hoping the reservoirs will be full for a dry season crop.

[Konini]

What I find really unusual is that during rainy season we tend to get a heavy, short downpour every other day or so, but this year we seem to be going a week or more in between those downpours. I feel for the farmers, it must be looking like a tough year ahead for them. I suppose if I was a negative nelly I could that that the lack of rain could also potentially lead to an early start to the burning. But I'm not, and I'm sure it won't be any worse than this year was.

[naboo]

Chiang Mai had had 638mm of rain this year, as of 7am this morning. Average for the end of August is 740mm, need lots of rain this weekend to keep the statisticians happy.

Raining now.

[carver 2]

Government statistics for weather can be found at www.tmdgoth . The statistics are at AWS on the top right of the web page , go to AWS then climate data . Whatever you want to know ,you should be able to find at this sight .

[heybruce]

Chiang Mai had had 638mm of rain this year, as of 7am this morning. Average for the end of August is 740mm, need lots of rain this weekend to keep the statisticians happy.

Raining now.

We're getting a bit more now. I was going to go to the gym this afternoon, but maybe I'll just go for a swim in the condo parking lot.

[worgeordie]

Thats more like it ,its been really raining today,in Chiang Mai some of the roads

flooded a bit ,small river at back of my house has risen about a meter,first time

this rainy season.

regards worgeordie

[DaamNaam]

Yeah it's raining...And??? It does that. It's rainy season in the tropics...Derrr

A thread about rain...I do miss Blinky Bill being around, he would have sorted this one out. Crikeys.

[Konini]

Yeah it's raining...And??? It does that. It's rainy season in the tropics...Derrr

A thread about rain...I do miss Blinky Bill being around, he would have sorted this one out. Crikeys.

I love this thread. All 93 pages of it. Put in a few contributions myself.