On & off here in Patong

sooked in rawai..

Were going to need all the rain we can get before dry high season.

Some tourists enjoying the rain

Some tourists enjoying the rain

phuket rain.jpg

Couldn't work out if they were Russians or Poms. But the socks gave it away.

Finally some real rain again. I was seriously running out of household water. With this rain I'll get the 6m3 tanks filled in one day.

Nice day today

Saw a mackerel sky today (altocumulus). Usually means no rain for at least three days.

Saw a mackerel sky today (altocumulus). Usually means no rain for at least three days.

That would work for me! I have a flight out on Monday.

Mackerel sky again today. Rain will be here in a couple of days.

Mackerel sky again today. Rain will be here in a couple of days.

First you said the mackerel sky ment no rain for 3 days.. and now it means that the rain will be here in couple of days.

I'll have to check wether the ants are coming inside home, or just check the forecasts.

A mackerel sky means a change in weather.

One of the original folk lore weather sayings is:-

"Mackerel sky, mackerel sky. Never long wet and never long dry".

My previous post was on the money. Let's see what happens in the next coupla days.

A mackerel sky means a change in weather.

One of the original folk lore weather sayings is:-

"Mackerel sky, mackerel sky. Never long wet and never long dry".

My previous post was on the money. Let's see what happens in the next coupla days.

That reminds me of a few local Phuket weather sayings:

"Sunny sky - tuk driver cry. Rain in sky - tuk driver know you buy."

and

"When sky have sun - tourist have fun. When sky have rain - tuk driver make pain."

and

"When come flood - so does mud. When flood stay long - bar girl get no dong."

A mackerel sky means a change in weather.

One of the original folk lore weather sayings is:-

"Mackerel sky, mackerel sky. Never long wet and never long dry".

My previous post was on the money. Let's see what happens in the next coupla days.

That reminds me of a couple of local Phuket sayings:

"Sunny sky - tuk driver cry. Rain in sky - tuk driver know you buy."

and

"When sky have sun - tourist have fun. When sky have rain - tuk driver make pain."

A mackerel sky means a change in weather.

One of the original folk lore weather sayings is:-

"Mackerel sky, mackerel sky. Never long wet and never long dry".

My previous post was on the money. Let's see what happens in the next coupla days.

That reminds me of a couple of local Phuket sayings:

"Sunny sky - tuk driver cry. Rain in sky - tuk driver know you buy."

and

"When sky have sun - tourist have fun. When sky have rain - tuk driver make pain."

Nice one, but they are on topic.

The game which makes everybody to give up at some point.

http://www.maniacworld.com/ice-breaker.htm

Left Phuket this morning 9am , just past sarisin bridge hit rain , now driving through Hua Hin and it hasn't stopped all the way.

Left Phuket this morning 9am , just past sarisin bridge hit rain , now driving through Hua Hin and it hasn't stopped all the way.

That's an confirmation that the grass is greener on the other side of the fence.

Hasn't rained yet in Phuket but it's going to do so soon.

http://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-facing-week-of-stormy-weather-42017.php

<snip>Hasn't rained yet in Phuket but it's going to do so soon.<snip>

Maybe not in your part of Phuket, but there was some rain earlier today here in Kata.

<snip>Hasn't rained yet in Phuket but it's going to do so soon.<snip>

Maybe not in your part of Phuket, but there was some rain earlier today here in Kata.

Very heavy rain for about 20 minutes in Patong about 15.30 today.

Someone forgot to summon the dry season. Its' been raining for the past 3 days and feels really cold now.

Someone forgot to summon the dry season. Its' been raining for the past 3 days and feels really cold now.

And I expect it will rain for another few days given the bad weather moving into the east side of Thailand. I can remember a year when it rained through December and into January. Quite unusual but it can happen.

Ironically it's the time of the year I'm once again thinking moving the hell out of this freaking island and country.

Now I'm freezing while the temperature is 25C.. and I'm thinking of moving to Southern Europe. Not sure if the temperature would be enough there.

Dry season starts on 1st December. In the early nineties the TAT changed it to the 1st November to expand the high season to get more tourists to come.

Trouble was, nobody told the weather.

My impression is that the dry season has become wetter than it used to be, the last 5 years or so.

What's the surf doing? A friend told me Nai Harn was a solid 1.5 m at sunset and still.coming up.

Groundswell or wind slop???

Don't know about the suft, but wind direction has been from the east for some weeks now when looking at the sky and the rain radar animation. http://panphuket.com/weather

However the windguru, which is supposed to be accurate within few days, always shows that the wind direction is from all the directions.

What's the surf doing? A friend told me Nai Harn was a solid 1.5 m at sunset and still.coming up.

Groundswell or wind slop???

I always wondered why these supposed surfer dudes come to Phuket which is renowned world wide for FLAT water, whereas Indo has some of the best surfing in the world but they don't go there?

Come to Phuket for the surfing ... come on.