Lite Beer Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Northern Fog Forces Flights To Delay CHIANG MAI: -- Many flights bound for northern Thailand have suffered delays after swaths of thick fog have engulfed much of the northern provinces.Many flights reportedly had been delayed due to lack of visibility, after thick fog covers Northern provinces’ airports.Flights travelling to Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai yesterday were particularly affected during the hours between 07.00-09.00 due to poor visibility caused by the fog, said Ms. Raweewan Netarakavesana, Director of Suvarnnabhumi Airport.Responding to the delays, Bangkok′s two international airports are closely monitoring the situation and arranging extra-procedures to facilitate the passengers, Ms. Raweewan added.Air Asia, also affected by the cooling weather, stated that four of their flights in and out of Chiang Mai airport departed 2 hours late yesterday.Mr. Jaturongkaphon Sodmanee, Director of Don Mueang International Airport, said the lack of visibility in Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai airports had been the major factor for the delay. However, the problem is not severe, as it only occurred in the morning, he said.An AirAsia flight from Malaysia had been facing difficulty to land in Chiang Mai airport. Hence it requested an mergency landing and landed at Don Mueang airport safely, said Mr. Jaturongkaphon.Three Thai Airways’ Northern routes have also been delayed, including Chiang Rai-Bangkok, Chiang Mai-Bangkok, and one flight from Bangkok.Meanwhile, 42 provinces had declared state of disaster after over 7 million people had been severely affected by the cold weather, said Mr. Chatchai Promlert, Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DPM).Provincial authorities were instructed to relieve the affected citizens, and to distribute winter equipment such as warm clothes and blankets. So far, the DPM had handed out 203,779 blankets, 83,500 warm clothes and 6,136 warm accessories to people in Thailand’s rural areas.Good news is the temperature will rise 1-2 Celsius degree within these few days, said Mr. Methee Mahayotsanan, Director General of the Central Thai Meteorological Department (CTMD).However, he warned that thick fog could still be seen in many areas this week, particularly in the hilly Northern provinces, namely Mae Hongson, Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, Nann and Phrae.Nevertheless, Mr. Methee believes this will not directly affect flight schedules, but warned that land commuters should be alert of the fog.The authorities expected that Northern, Northeastern, Eastern and Central Region will be seeing warmer climate within these few days, perhaps as much as 12 Celsius degree warmer. Nevertheless, many provinces will still witness cool and foggy climate in the morning, said Mr. Chatchai Source: http://www.khaosod.co.th/en/view_newsonline.php?newsid=TVRNNE9EZ3pNekEwTXc9PQ== -- Khaosod English 2014-01-04 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espinoza Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Fog ????? I think it`s the smoke from the farmers wild burning of everything. The are burning their fertilizer.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjjmmi Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Looks ok to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave2 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 re many provinces will still witness cool and foggy climate in the morning fog or smoke ? its worse this morning pic 2 than yesterdays pic 1 ! dave2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailand Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 It's definitely fog and it wets everything in the am. But rising temperatures and drying out should see the annual burn start in earnest in the next few days, right through to April! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank James Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 With all of the extra motor vehicles here in CM over New Year Holiday, this fog is definitely trapping a lot of pollution. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MESmith Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 (edited) It's definitely fog and it wets everything in the am. But rising temperatures and drying out should see the annual burn start in earnest in the next few days, right through to April! The burning began a while back But it's fog in the morning affecting flights. Poor visibility from car exhausts methinks. Edited January 5, 2014 by MESmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plazot11 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Surprised those Bangkok intellectual expats have not yet blamed the Chiang Mai fog on the Shinawatra family. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jarse Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Fog ????? I think it`s the smoke from the farmers wild burning of everything. The are burning their fertilizer.... Agree, very poor air quality here in Hang Dong/Nong Kwai districts as considerable late night burning going on right now and over the X-mas new year. Some folks dont like to breath clean(ish) air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jarse Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 (edited) It's definitely fog and it wets everything in the am. But rising temperatures and drying out should see the annual burn start in earnest in the next few days, right through to April! The burning began a while back But it's fog in the morning affecting flights. Poor visibility from car exhausts methinks. Doubt its from co2 emissions alone, I smell plastic and rubber burning along side the household and leaves etc.,usually early to late evenings when there are no officials around to report to . Edited January 5, 2014 by Hugh Jarse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokay Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 I was really looking forward to this years cool season, but it seems to have been ruined with very cold weather and now this fog / pollution / smoke. Bummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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