Temperatures in North, Northeast to drop 3-5 degrees this weekend



BANGKOK: -- Northern provinces will experience another wave of cold spell that will see temperatures dropping 3-5 degrees Celsius end of this week while southern provinces will face more rains and high waves in the sea.

The Meteorological Department said the temperature in upper Thailand will drop by another 3-5 degrees Celsius due to influence from a high pressure system that continues to prevail over the region.

This will resulted in temperatures in the North and the Northeast to fall below an average 15 degrees Celsius throughout the week.

Frost could be expected in some mountainous areas in the North, it said.

For the southern region, it said heavy to heaviest rains could be expected from Nakhon Si Thammarat province down.

This was caused by the intensified northeasterly monsoon now covering the Gulf of Thailand and the South.

People in the area are urged to take caution against torrential rain and the accumulated rainwater.

In the Gulf of Thailand waves of 2-4 metres high are expected from Prachuap Khiri Khan down to the southern coast.

Small boats are advised to stay ashore.

Earlier on Sunday, strong wind and waves caused a boat to capsize about three nautical miles off Trang province while it was heading to the shore after hearing of storm warning while in the sea.

The boat was taking local tourists to fish in the sea.

But all six people on the boat were plugged from the high sea by another fishing boat which was near the scene.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/temperatures-north-northeast-drop-3-5-degrees-weekend


-- Thai PBS 2014-12-16

Is this the Global Warming?

Yes..the earth, in general has been warming up......since the last ice age, anyways.

Global warming refers to average sea temperatures, and an amalgam of reported worldwide ground temperatures at weather stations since 1890 (or so), and core samples taken from trees (rings form particular to weather conditions) and ice core samples taken from the Greenland ice shelf and associated ice masses known to be more than 100,000 years old (all ice is not the same, and ice formed at -20 degrees is different on a molecular scale than ice formed at 0 degrees -- further there are Ice I to Ice VII for exotic conditions).

The good news is that evidence suggests that we are probably experiencing Global Warming, or the advent of a new Ice Age.

Well, I hope that settles that argument.

Edited December 16, 201411 yr by FangFerang

'But all six people on the boat were plugged from the high sea by another fishing boat which was near the scene.'

Think i'd rather drown that be "Plugged"

don't temperatures drop 3-5 degrees everywhere? I love the cooler nights.

Strange.. Just looked on wunderground for CNX.. They show no predicted cold snap.. In fact they actually have the weekend temps a touch higher than the last couple of days..

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=18.790400,98.984703&sp=ICHIANGM10

All I can say is it's dramatically cooler this morning in Pattaya. Maid has a jacket and scarf on! It's cold! But nice....

Cooler this morning in Ayhtthaya , still in the 20s though

This morning is the coldest morning we have had so far this year in Chiang Rai. I may actually need sleeves to walk the dog. There is a cold wind coming from the North as well. In the teens here.

Edited December 17, 201411 yr by villagefarang

I'm also in Chiang Rai, nearly the northernmost Thai town. It's chilly, but I haven't had to fire up my heater. Yes, I built a propane fired heater, made from a galvy barrel stood on end, with vent pipe (I used to be a chimney sweep). I'll try it out tonight. If you don't see any posts from me in the next few days, I may have afixiated myself, ha ha.

Also, I've got some cacti in my garden, some are 3 meters high, which are from the Andes (they're the type which have white hairs), so they love this weather, and it's their summer/growing season.

The extended warm temperatures are great for my fish as they haven't gone dormant yet. I got a free month of growth out of them. But it's certainly colder this morning.

"due to influence from a high pressure system"

Uhh, no.

High pressure systems bring warm, sunny, stable weather patterns.

Low pressure systems bring cool, cloudy, unstable weather patterns.

I wonder if they understand what all those 'L's on that map mean, 555????

"I've got some cacti in my garden, some are 3 meters high, which are from the Andes"

I know the species. World's fastest growing cactus, right?

I've seen cactus with snow on them before, so no worries, mate.

I think it's funny that Thais and Chinese (see the movie 'Lost in Bangkok') consider the cactus "lucky", 555.

Cactus are 100% American. No such thing as a cactus in Asia before 1492...

Well said. This plus the overall world temperature has been increasing every year for the past 20 years. 2014 is going to be hotter than 2013 which was warmer than 2012, etc. Global Warming is undeniably occurring, even the "nay sayers" can't deny the science of proof.

"I've got some cacti in my garden, some are 3 meters high, which are from the Andes"

I know the species. World's fastest growing cactus, right?

I've seen cactus with snow on them before, so no worries, mate.

I think it's funny that Thais and Chinese (see the movie 'Lost in Bangkok') consider the cactus "lucky", 555.

Cactus are 100% American. No such thing as a cactus in Asia before 1492...

Is that a photo of Pancho Villa? some foods common in Thailand which few Thais would know came from the Americas:

squash

potatoes

chili peppers

corn

papaya (Thai word for it sounds a lot like a bad word in Spanish; 'maricon')

chocolate

vanilla

avocado

"I've got some cacti in my garden, some are 3 meters high, which are from the Andes"

I know the species. World's fastest growing cactus, right?

I've seen cactus with snow on them before, so no worries, mate.

I think it's funny that Thais and Chinese (see the movie 'Lost in Bangkok') consider the cactus "lucky", 555.

Cactus are 100% American. No such thing as a cactus in Asia before 1492...

Is that a photo of Pancho Villa? some foods common in Thailand which few Thais would know came from the Americas:

squash

potatoes

chili peppers

corn

papaya (Thai word for it sounds a lot like a bad word in Spanish; 'maricon')

chocolate

vanilla

avocado

Don't forget every kind of beans, except soy and fava...

Well said. This plus the overall world temperature has been increasing every year for the past 20 years. 2014 is going to be hotter than 2013 which was warmer than 2012, etc. Global Warming is undeniably occurring, even the "nay sayers" can't deny the science of proof.

Nope, there has been no increase in global temp in the last 18 years.

Nearly 14:00 with clear blue skies here in the rice paddies of Udon Thani and I've still got me woolies on - love this time of year.