Meteorological Dept warns Bangkok residents to brace for heavy rains

[marsstar14]

Seems that they're right about their forecast. It is raining heavy here in Bangkok. Nothing unusual for Thailand's rainy season though.

[Chao Lao Beach]

The drains and khlongs have been cleared ahead of the rainy season to help ease flooding, traffic etc?

Of course, common sense would do preventive maintenance like this.

[rametindallas]

Will be hard for some who has no PT to blame for floods.

Errr, whether or not there is flooding this year will very much depend on what the Yingluck government has been doing during their two and a half year rule. Did they move buildings built on klong right-of-ways, did they dredge all the recommended klongs, did they repair and update water-gates, did they install weir dams, etc. There were many recommendations after the great flood of 2011. How many did the Yingluck government take care of?

Of course, the PTP will be to blame if they did not fulfill their responsibilities to prepare for flooding. Who else's responsibility was it?

[Tomtomtom69]

Time to release some water from the dams, prepare for climax October...

Just saying...

Two months ago they were saying releasing much more water and you would be able to walk across them! ... well not really but it said levels at Bhumibol and Sirikit were critically low, whatever that means. Think a bit of rain may be a blessing, look like we will be safe in BK for another year.

Bring on the rain and the cooler weather ............

Well not so fast scary September and October are still in coming, watch out lad...

"Scary" October? You've got to be kidding me! Every October for the last two years at least, the rain has basically stopped after the first week of October, with most days quite sunny after that. In 2012 there were more rainy days in November than October, although mostly just a few short thundershowers or longer light rain showers not accompanied by thunder and lightning. This was in Bangkok at least.

However, last October I also traveled on business via Mae Sot to Myanmar, including Yangon. This was around mid-October. The weather was sunny, the rainy season had basically ended and it was the beginning of a lengthy dry period. Sure, there might have still been the odd shower here or there until November, and even one shower in mid-December, but the rainy season was basically over as of early October.

If you ask me, the height of the rainy season in any given year is around July to September, but in some years any rain that falls in September, especially in the second half is already relatively light and shorter compared to the preceding period.

[Justanotherpassword]

The department also stated that the tropical storm HAGIBIS would be slowly coming in from the North China Sea.

Although Hagibis is well north of Guangdong, thousands of km away from Thailand, tracking northward and dissipating? What sort of meteorological logic is that?

http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/western-pacific/2014/Tropical-Storm-Hagibis

Logic?

Have you ever thought of visiting Thailand?

Floodplane? These rivers connect you know. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chao_Phraya_River

A rising Mississippi continues to rise and is fed by tributary rivers. We are remarkable close to China and very effected by her weather and it's aftermath. Hopefully the ground being saturated to the north won't bite us later.