Where Has The Rain Gone

[petercallen]

In march last year we shifted to Rawai, We have a Klong/ water compensation basin

next to the house and when we sifted in there was water and snake-head fish in it, by

April it was full and had overflowed into the street drains and the fish were breeding

This year it is still bone dry

[steelepulse]

Some years it rains during the hot dry season, other years it doesn't. Be happy it rained hard a couple of times last week to help your garden.

[goober]

It will rain tonight.

[billd766]

I live in Khampaeng Phet province and the rain started a few days ago and we get a bit of rain most afternoons and a good heavy thunderstorm every couple of days.

My fishpond is about 45 x 13 x 2 metres deep and was full to the brim at the end of October and dry as a bone by mid February.

Don't worry too much as the rain is coming to a place near you soon.

[madmitch]

Remember the nine consecutive days of rain in March last year? Very unseasonal. This year is more normal.

[KarenBravo]

It's still wetter than normal. Usually my lawn goes brown and the small stream at the bottom of my garden dries up around late January.

Lawn's been green and the stream has been flowing without interruption for two years now.

Measured my well water and it is much higher than normal for this time of the year.

[petercallen]

Thanks for the replies we were not sure of the weather pattern in Rawai

is does vary around the island,we have a fairly large garden including a

vegetable patch and pool to top up, usual water bill is 420 baht, in the

last 2 months its jumped to 760 baht, still cheaper than when we rented

a apartment in Kata,2 people and 4 pot plants which the Mrs watered with

the rinse water from the washing machine and charged 500 baht a month

[goober]

It's still wetter than normal. Usually my lawn goes brown and the small stream at the bottom of my garden dries up around late January.

Lawn's been green and the stream has been flowing without interruption for two years now.

Measured my well water and it is much higher than normal for this time of the year.

My well is 65 metres deep.

I'm getting water at 15 metres deep so i think I'm good for a while.

[goober]

It will rain tonight.

So close, thunder and lightning threaten last night and all I got was few drops.

[stevehaigh]

It's still wetter than normal. Usually my lawn goes brown and the small stream at the bottom of my garden dries up around late January.

Lawn's been green and the stream has been flowing without interruption for two years now.

Measured my well water and it is much higher than normal for this time of the year.

My well is 65 metres deep.

I'm getting water at 15 metres deep so i think I'm good for a while.

65m! was that dug by hand or a drilling rig?

Edited April 11, 2012 by stevehaigh

[stevehaigh]

phuket town has had 290mm of rain so far this year and the airport 562mm

according to http://www.climate-c...s/t/TH48564.php we should have had about 160mm by mid april so i guess we are ahead of normal a bit

FYI, i'm getting water at about 9m in my well

Edited April 11, 2012 by stevehaigh

[goober]

It's still wetter than normal. Usually my lawn goes brown and the small stream at the bottom of my garden dries up around late January.

Lawn's been green and the stream has been flowing without interruption for two years now.

Measured my well water and it is much higher than normal for this time of the year.

My well is 65 metres deep.

I'm getting water at 15 metres deep so i think I'm good for a while.

65m! was that dug by hand or a drilling rig?

Drilling rig.

Wasn't cheap but I'll never run out.

[petercallen]

Thunder storms to the North, South, East and west last

night but nothing in Rawai, no hills here maybe that makes a difference

[Old Croc]

Thunder storms to the North, South, East and west last

night but nothing in Rawai, no hills here maybe that makes a difference

Storms were north of Chalong too. Dry here.

[Shot]

Big, black, nasty looking cloud over NE Kamala, now heading SE.

[LivinginKata]

Heavy rain over Patong for 20 minutes. Roads flooded, as usual.

[Guest]

North East, blue sky and no rain. There is however pretty massive cloud formation some 10-20km to the south. Now can also hear thunders.

[petercallen]

North East, blue sky and no rain. There is however pretty massive cloud formation some 10-20km to the south. Now can also hear thunders.

Nothing in Rawai mate, the rain normally this time of year comes from thunderstorms which can be very local

Last year a big depression came through in March and then it rained regularly afterwards

[stevehaigh]

we got a few mm here in Rawai last night, no need to water the garden today.

[stevehaigh]

windguru thinks we might be getting some rain over the next few day. i'd be happy with a few clouds right now. its way too freekin' hot today

[Shot]

Lots of rain, thunder and lightning over Kamala now.

[cdmtdm]

heap of rain here in Ya Nui very nice

[petercallen]

Three weeks rain in three hours in Rawai wont have to water

the garden for awhile

[stevehaigh]

Three weeks rain in three hours in Rawai wont have to water

the garden for awhile

i got totally soaked in town around lunch time today but when i got back to my house in Rawai it was dry. we got a bit in the afternoon but not 3 weeks worth. it seems to be very localized.

[petercallen]

Three weeks rain in three hours in Rawai wont have to water

the garden for awhile

i got totally soaked in town around lunch time today but when i got back to my house in Rawai it was dry. we got a bit in the afternoon but not 3 weeks worth. it seems to be very localized.

It seemed to be raining everywhere around us, Klong got 60cm of water in it

garden waterlogged and pool overflowing as well as the drain pipe which is

supposed to stop the water level getting to high but could not handle the volume

[Old Croc]

Three weeks rain in three hours in Rawai wont have to water

the garden for awhile

i got totally soaked in town around lunch time today but when i got back to my house in Rawai it was dry. we got a bit in the afternoon but not 3 weeks worth. it seems to be very localized.

It seemed to be raining everywhere around us, Klong got 60cm of water in it

garden waterlogged and pool overflowing as well as the drain pipe which is

supposed to stop the water level getting to high but could not handle the volume

Complaining about too much water now Peter. You're not a farmer are you?

[petercallen]

Three weeks rain in three hours in Rawai wont have to water

the garden for awhile

i got totally soaked in town around lunch time today but when i got back to my house in Rawai it was dry. we got a bit in the afternoon but not 3 weeks worth. it seems to be very localized.

It seemed to be raining everywhere around us, Klong got 60cm of water in it

garden waterlogged and pool overflowing as well as the drain pipe which is

supposed to stop the water level getting to high but could not handle the volume

Complaining about too much water now Peter. You're not a farmer are you?

Was at one stage in my life mate

[geoffphuket]

Lived in Rawai for several years and have to say it's the dryest location on the island.

[petercallen]

Lived in Rawai for several years and have to say it's the dryest location on the island.

I think the same as you but it certainly was not dry yesterday

[cdmtdm]

Lived in Rawai for several years and have to say it's the dryest location on the island.

not sure about that fact ,,,,,, i live in ya nui always plenty of rain here and gardens never dry ......