kristophon Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 has anyone noticed how low the water levels are here in Isaan? I recall the floods of 2011 but since then there has been little rain to speak of. I have noticed many, infact most lakes and reservoirs in the region are at lower levels than I have ever seen before in 7 years of buzzing around on my jakayan... in previous years this reservoir has always been full in the wet season. sometimes low in the low season but nothing like what you can see in the photos below. in the dry season the stumps of the trees that stood before these reservoirs were reservoirs were visible and amazingly come the end of June they are still visible. normally by the end of june one would expect the levels to have reason considerably... the locals are worried. I have had many conversations - all be it in my limited pigeon Laow - with the locals and they are definitely concerned about there crops. if come the end of this wet season all we got is stumps and a few puddles... Isaans got a problem.... below are photos taken in mid march 2013 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristophon Posted June 30, 2013 Author Share Posted June 30, 2013 (edited) below are photos taken of the same lake yesterday (29th June) from the same viewpoint... one would have expected levels to have reason by now but if anything the levels have dropped further since mid march.... in the pictures you can see the water level measuring posts... the water is nowhere near even the bottom of the posts infact it no longer looks like a lake or a reservoir.... more like a swamp... Edited June 30, 2013 by kristophon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeonjake Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 wow thats bad, it looks like the place near my mates ex wifes, she lives just outside surin and last year when me and the wife went to visit, it wasnt like other years and i said to her the water is low, she said it had been like that for a long time, but dont forget the locals take water out of it too for there rice,, but i agree you need rain and fast, jake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristophon Posted June 30, 2013 Author Share Posted June 30, 2013 (edited) another local reservoir (taken 29th June)... in the past this has always been full... normally this is full almost to the level of the red track on the right... now its just a filed with an eerie looking pond in the middle of it... again the stumps of the trees cut down when the reservoir was built are now petruding from the water line... Edited June 30, 2013 by kristophon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristophon Posted June 30, 2013 Author Share Posted June 30, 2013 (edited) just to clarify, this is Udon Thani locality..... I will report again at the end of next month.... Edited June 30, 2013 by kristophon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rene123 Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 From what I understand, the rainy season hasn't even started yet. But, from what I've see all over the globe is whatever weather you get it seems to happen in extremes. Here in Canada our province of Alberta has suffered from their worst floods in recent history. Meanwhile in south west USA they are having a record heat wave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristophon Posted June 30, 2013 Author Share Posted June 30, 2013 (edited) From what I understand, the rainy season hasn't even started yet. But, from what I've see all over the globe is whatever weather you get it seems to happen in extremes. Here in Canada our province of Alberta has suffered from their worst floods in recent history. Meanwhile in south west USA they are having a record heat wave. I`m afraid you have been mis-informed... average precipitation chart for the region below titled Probability of Precipitation at Some Point in the Day Edited June 30, 2013 by kristophon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristophon Posted June 30, 2013 Author Share Posted June 30, 2013 another local reservoir (taken 29th June)... in the past this has always been full... normally this is full almost to the level of the red track on the right... now its just a filed with an eerie looking pond in the middle of it... again the stumps of the trees cut down when the reservoir was built are now petruding from the water line... picture taken accross this same reservoir in November 2011 below Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbk Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Moving to Isaan forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonrthai Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 (edited) You might find this and this data interesting. If you know where I can get data after 1990, let me know. In Ubon Ratchathani it felt like it rained every day in May but June has been lighter. I don't know what the rain totals are but I know we've definitely had less rainy days in June. That's just my house North end of the city though. I check radar everyday and it seems rain is constantly going around the city this year. The few farmers I know in Ubon and my family in Southern Sisaket seem to be happy with the amount of rain they've had for rice this year. Edited June 30, 2013 by ubonrthai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlyAnimal Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 I know that I'm definitely not happy with the amount of rain we've had. Well, I don't like it when it rains, it's annoying, I get wet, and then the ground is wet which puts me off going for a run. However, we run off the town water supply, which is only turned on intermittently because the water levels are soo low. We have our own well/bore as well, but that's usually dry too, or runs out quickly when we turn the pump on to fill up our water supply. Instead we've ended up having to buy in water for the past 4 months I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonrthai Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 (edited) What province are you in? Does anyone have a link to current precipitation numbers this year? There's got to be a page where they post the numbers no? Edited June 30, 2013 by ubonrthai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrybankruad Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Isaan is a huge area so if posters don't indicate where they live it doesn't mean much. It would however seem that some areas need rain. Where I live in southern Buriram, the rains have been fairly constant so far and the farmers seem happy. I do however note that the Met. Dept. predict a falling off for the next week. Wait and see, they are notoriously inaccurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristophon Posted June 30, 2013 Author Share Posted June 30, 2013 just to clarify, this is Udon Thani locality..... I will report again at the end of next month.... this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirius1935 Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 If you go to this web site and click on the peg nearest your home you will open up the name and a picture of the reservoir. Then click on the blue writing with the numbers 2549 after it. The graph will draw out the water level stored in the dam for each year from 2549 until today. You will notice how they screwed up in 2554 by not releasing water at the appropriate time. When the last line is drawn you will how low the level is now compared with the last 7 years. http://www.kromchol.com/array/BDam.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huayrat Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Huayrat 10km from Buriram city has a severe water shortage.. wives village water resorvoir has now mud only on 1 half and about 2ft deep the other.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken George Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Very dry in Chiang Rai too. Never seen the Menam Kok as low as it is now this time of year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristophon Posted June 30, 2013 Author Share Posted June 30, 2013 (edited) If you go to this web site and click on the peg nearest your home you will open up the name and a picture of the reservoir. Then click on the blue writing with the numbers 2549 after it. The graph will draw out the water level stored in the dam for each year from 2549 until today. You will notice how they screwed up in 2554 by not releasing water at the appropriate time. When the last line is drawn you will how low the level is now compared with the last 7 years. http://www.kromchol.com/array/BDam.htm nice peice of information.. thanks for that Sirus... shame records don`t go back a bit further but interesting nonetheless... what it does seem to confirm is that the Udon Thani region definitely has a problem with the Huai Luang only at 19% full... levels are at their lowest in this short period and I fear even the small recovery this month is down to the fact that they are not letting any water out into the canals... most of the canals around here are totally dry.. the ones that are aren`t are just a small trickle. I think 2554 was the year of the floods (2011)... so its amazing how quickly the levels have dropped off since then... I will be very interested to see where the level is by the end of this year Edited July 1, 2013 by kristophon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyphodb Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Nong Bua Daeng, Chaiyaphum Province, All the local ponds & Rivers are very low, lowest my Wife has ever seen them, need big rain badly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patongphil Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Borabue, Maha Sarakham all the reservoirs, ponds klongs etc in very dire straits. We have our rice planted but at this rate expecting the same as last year when we had an approx 70% drop in yield. Pathetic really considering yields here pretty poor normally anyway. We didn't even bother trying to reap about half as mostly grass and weeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrybankruad Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Huayrat 10km from Buriram city has a severe water shortage.. wives village water resorvoir has now mud only on 1 half and about 2ft deep the other.. I haven't been to Buriram for ages but what's the water level like in the large dam about 10kms south of the City (the one with the bird garden)? The level there is a good indicator of how the rains have been as many of the local rivers flow into this dam (including the river that flows through my village). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonrthai Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Driving on Hwy. 24 today. Southern Surin has a lot of standing water. At least near the highway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeMock Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Spoke to the rellies today far south Ubon (Emerald triangle area) and they said they are still waiting for the rains and are getting quite worried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khwaibah Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Driving on Hwy. 24 today. Southern Surin has a lot of standing water. At least near the highway. Thats the way it is on the 214 south to Chong Chome border crossing. We have had for the first time in three years average or better rain for the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonrthai Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 There's definitely less as you enter Buriram though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huayrat Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 (edited) As you can see its nearly dry... All of that area used to be full of water.. Edited July 2, 2013 by Huayrat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunnydrops Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 15 minutes west of Phimai, about 60 km north of Korat. Dry as a bone here. I think it maybe rained one day this month. and not much last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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