JimmyGreaves Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Been hearing about torrential rain and high winds. I'm arriving 25th with my daughter and she is pestering me about a sun tan. Not gonna be a complete washout is it? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilyushin Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Northern and Central Thailand cool with heavy rains and flooding in the Southern areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom yum goong Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 at the moment the temperature is quite cool. its been dry but overcast for the last couple of days. some sunshine this morning but I think there's still a good chance of rain over the next week or so. see Thai Meteorological Department website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lampard10 Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 and she is pestering me about a sun tan.Cheers <{POST_SNAPBACK}> 555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyGreaves Posted December 19, 2005 Author Share Posted December 19, 2005 Lampard, I know your in a good mood after your result yesterday but I hear Surin is due snow. So 55555555555555 to u! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lampard10 Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Lampard, I know your in a good mood after your result yesterday but I hear Surin is due snow. So 55555555555555 to u! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> DUE IT?...................................I think we had it yesterday. Talk about brass monkeys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metro Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 How many hours of sun shines do you guys have now? many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britmaveric Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 (edited) Just have a few chang and chill out!!!! Edited December 23, 2005 by britmaveric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aviador Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 Just have a few chang and chill out!!!! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> jflundy. Don't believe anything you read about the weather forecasts. In over 40 years of flying airplanes for a living all over the western hemisphere I have learned not to trust any forecast extending further that 48 hours. Case in point. Here in Khao Lak, which is 100 km north of Phuket, (yes Virginia there is a Khao Lak even though the Travel community refuses to acknowlede it ) there has not been a cloud in the sky since Thursday, belying the forcast which called for thunderstorms and heavy rain over the weekend. It had been unusually cool and wet this December here though. Meterology is an art not a science. More an educated guess. Good weather has an 80% correct predictability rate, bad weather less than 20%. In the tropics the weather tends to be more stable and therefore more predictable, especially during the dry seasons. The weatherbrains will then play the same record over and over, injecting some possible veriants. I remember quite a few aviation forecasts for places in the northeast of the US: Generally clear, visibility unlimited, occasionally ceilings less that 10,000 feet, with a chance of ceilings 300 feet or less in thunderstorms with visisblities less than 2 miles. Now that covers all the bases, doesn't it ? I have said that, should I ever want to go back to college I would try for a degree in meterology. Where else could one keep a job, if you're wrong 50 % of the time. Come on over. Chances are good your daughter will get her tan. Regards, the ol' Captain, happily retired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 hot, dry and blue skies in Phuket today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasi Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 Just have a few chang and chill out!!!! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> jflundy. Don't believe anything you read about the weather forecasts. In over 40 years of flying airplanes for a living all over the western hemisphere I have learned not to trust any forecast extending further that 48 hours. Case in point. Here in Khao Lak, which is 100 km north of Phuket, (yes Virginia there is a Khao Lak even though the Travel community refuses to acknowlede it ) there has not been a cloud in the sky since Thursday, belying the forcast which called for thunderstorms and heavy rain over the weekend. It had been unusually cool and wet this December here though. Meterology is an art not a science. More an educated guess. Good weather has an 80% correct predictability rate, bad weather less than 20%. In the tropics the weather tends to be more stable and therefore more predictable, especially during the dry seasons. The weatherbrains will then play the same record over and over, injecting some possible veriants. I remember quite a few aviation forecasts for places in the northeast of the US: Generally clear, visibility unlimited, occasionally ceilings less that 10,000 feet, with a chance of ceilings 300 feet or less in thunderstorms with visisblities less than 2 miles. Now that covers all the bases, doesn't it ? I have said that, should I ever want to go back to college I would try for a degree in meterology. Where else could one keep a job, if you're wrong 50 % of the time. Come on over. Chances are good your daughter will get her tan. Regards, the ol' Captain, happily retired. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yea TAF's are famous for telling you what the is like at the moment. Everyone's just trying to cover his/her a$$. Southwest airlines is now being sued for allowing an airplane to land on a snow covered runway. Up in Alaska 737's are landing on snow covered runways 6-8 months out of the year. That said weather in Phuket is fine and dandy! Now go put on some sunscreen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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