Haze starts to cover Phayao despite 60-day burning ban

[vivid]

Seems like Chiang Rai is more affected this year vs 2015 (area under the graph etc)

[villagefarang]

There sure wasn't much to look at this morning when I opened the blinds. ?

[vivid]

Wow!

[vivid]

Up to 486ug/m3 for 1200h reading.

Wow.

[Berkshire]

Wow!

That's almost criminal. At that level, we're talking hazardous to breath....

[canuckamuck]

Might as well go for the record, are we close yet?

[vivid]

Not sure what are the record 1hr and 24-hr values, but CR peaked at ard 510 ug/m3 last year.

[vivid]

Remember to wear protection when going outside for more than an hour esp with physical activity (longer distance walks). Gonna be sustained, no forecast of rain for the next 10 days.

24-hr PM2.5 should be around 200 ug/m3 region, Very Unhealthy region.

[Berkshire]

The air sure has cleared up in CR today. Not so good in CM though....

[Berkshire]

The air sure has cleared up in CR today. Not so good in CM though....

Nevermind...sure didn't take long for the air in CR to be back to "normal."

[vivid]

57t station Chiang Rai getting smoked since 2200h last night.

Still no real solid rain for the next 10 days forecast (not that i'll put high confidence for anything that's past 4-5 days)

[sup3r1or]

Relatives coming over to visit from UK. Such a good time to show off the beauty of the north in Chiang Rai. Its crazy. Last year this time was already much better

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[villagefarang]

Relatives coming over to visit from UK. Such a good time to show off the beauty of the north in Chiang Rai. Its crazy. Last year this time was already much better

At least you won't have to worry about repeat visits. I like vivid's comment that Chiang Rai is getting SMOKED!

[Berkshire]

57t station Chiang Rai getting smoked since 2200h last night.

Still no real solid rain for the next 10 days forecast (not that i'll put high confidence for anything that's past 4-5 days)

Not sure how accurate this is, but BBC Weather has some rain in the forecast for the weekend:

http://www.bbc.com/weather/6301144

[sceadugenga]

Anything could happen this time of the year, if it does rain it will be localised storms and strong winds.

[vivid]

PM10 1-hr of 475 ug/m3 for 73t Chiang Rai.

Take care guys.

Edited April 12, 2016 by vivid

[villagefarang]

I have a feeling things will improve slightly over the next few days as most people will be too drunk to burn and would run the risk of self immolation as well. ?

[ripstanley]

Nothing will improve until we have a prolonged heavy rainfall

Edited April 12, 2016 by ripstanley

[sceadugenga]

I have a feeling things will improve slightly over the next few days as most people will be too drunk to burn and would run the risk of self immolation as well. ?

Massive fire on the mountain behind our place tonight, I'd say of a front kilometers long.

I'd suggest that people are more likely taking advantage of lax law enforcement this week.

[canuckamuck]

So darn hot I don't even think about the smoke any more.

[VincentRJ]

You poor farangs! How do you cope? I guess you must love Thailand very much to put up with this annual disaster.

[vivid]

Woah,

73t 24-hr mean PM10 of 315 ug/m3.

1hr peak of PM10 535 ug/m3

[villagefarang]

I have a feeling things will improve slightly over the next few days as most people will be too drunk to burn and would run the risk of self immolation as well. ?

Massive fire on the mountain behind our place tonight, I'd say of a front kilometers long.

I'd suggest that people are more likely taking advantage of lax law enforcement this week.

Our mountains got burned last week. Looks kind of like a lava flow at night and is quite impressive. I am surprised there is anything left when they are done burning but it seems to come back quickly as soon as it starts raining again.

[villagefarang]

Just going on my lack of any view this morning, this must be the worst day so far. Even the closest mountains are gone and I am feeling the effects more than usual. I have the a/c on earlier than usual and I feel in no hurry to walk the dog.

[vivid]

Thx for the heads-up villagefarang, will keep an eye on the levels and report (though it'd be too late for even the mildly sensitive folks grp as symptoms can trigger really fast within 30-60 mins at high levels)

[sceadugenga]

It's not as bad here, when I made my yearly trek to the old peoples house for my annual blessing I put a hat on it was that sunny.

Got the village dogs barking at me, they mustn't approve of farang in hats.

[villagefarang]

It's not as bad here, when I made my yearly trek to the old peoples house for my annual blessing I put a hat on it was that sunny.

Got the village dogs barking at me, they mustn't approve of farang in hats.

Good to hear Scea. It clearly isn’t universally dispersed and you will always find pockets of air which are better or worse. This seems to be our day for really thick smoke even though I don’t see evidence of any local burning.

You are right about hats throwing dogs off their game. A familiar dog will often bark at the new shape until it hears a familiar voice.

Edited April 15, 2016 by villagefarang

[villagefarang]

The wind picked up a bit and things have improved considerably. It sure is hot, though.

[Bardeh]

It's hard to even function in this heat. We'd planned to ride down to Chiang Rai beach, but I think we'll wait for it to cool down a little.

[Bardeh]

Thick choking smoke over our house in Rob Wieng today. It's so bad there's a coating of ash on the cars parked in the street. Nice to see they've wasted no time after Songkran to get back to it.