ripstanley Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 A bit of smoke round yesterday but good breezes today seem to have cleared a lot of it. You're so lucky. Here near Phrae and in Lampang, Phayao and Nan too it's really bad. I'll attach some screenshots from aqmthai.com . Or have a look at the CM Forum.2014-03-07 - Lampang 488.jpg2014-03-07 - Phayao 337.jpg2014-03-07 - Phrae 320.jpg2014-03-07 - ChiangRai 113.jpg Interesting read Haze Blows Across Northeastern Asia http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=83213&src=eoa-iotd I can confirm Phayao has a bad smoke haze 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Sometimes we get a rain in March that clears things up a bit, hoping it's one of those years. But I do think that this year isn't so bad yet, not as bad as two years ago anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceadugenga Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevvy Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 even though I dont live there yet , I agree from the fat boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manassas Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Just back from Chiang Mai. Hotel has a rooftop restaurant (12th floor) for breakfast. Couldn't even see across town, much less the mountains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceadugenga Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 It's certainly bad here now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrry Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 (edited) It's certainly bad here now. But with luck it will rain in a couple of months; PM10 165 here now http://aqmthai.com/index.php Edited March 16, 2014 by harrry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrry Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Last night PM10 hit 212 and at 7am wsa 200. http://aqmthai.com/public_report.php (station A57) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiddlesticks Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 I just feel sorry for anyone who paid good money to vacation here in the smoke-pit which is SE Asia during this time of year. I believe that if there was a concerted effort to publicize the magnitude of the problem and the health risks associated with it, that tourism to the affected nations would decline dramatically during the burning period and kill off tourism dollars flowing into these areas. Maybe THEN we would see some efforts to police the burning that is, till now, unchecked. I know that each of the countries involved will never publicize the extent of the problem but if the tourists who get "burned" coming here in this horrible air and the expats who breathe this junk each day will make internet posts that speak of the conditions then we MAY see some change or at least our grandchildren MIGHT! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceadugenga Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Not good at all. And yes, the colours are genuine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 A magenta sun, is that like a blue moon? Maybe something special will happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripstanley Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Not good at all. And yes, the colours are genuine. Same down in Phayao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrry Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Not nice at all.238 at 8am according to http://aqmthai.com/public_report.php station a57 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidelines Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 (edited) Yes the smoke bad out my way and looking at a number of options to improve air quality in the house. I have an air purifier and will likely buy another. Read in the Chiang Mai forum about 3M Filtrete for air conditioners. Anyone know where this product can be purchased in Chiang Rai. I have tried the usual suspects - Home Pro, Home Mart, Sinthanee, Power Buy - with no success. Edited March 21, 2014 by sidelines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 I saw three flashes of lightning, so there's some chance of rain tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripstanley Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 I saw three flashes of lightning, so there's some chance of rain tonight Down here in Phayao we just had a storm move through from the west. Good rain with lots of lightning and thunder. It lasted for over 30 minutes. It was great. First rain in 2014 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiddlesticks Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Here in Nanglae we had a nice shower and immediately lost power. It has been off for 3 hours niow. Reminds me of the riddle of how many Thai does it take to screw in a lightbulb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripstanley Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Here in Nanglae we had a nice shower and immediately lost power. It has been off for 3 hours niow. Reminds me of the riddle of how many Thai does it take to screw in a lightbulb! I actually live in a small village on the other side of the lake to Phayao, Tonight our electricity went off for about 30 seconds. Where we live the power outages have been very minimal. I have lived here since 2011 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irlguy1 Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Heading back to the wife's home in Phayao in a few weeks. Love a good downpour beating off the roof Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceadugenga Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 We had about a 10 minute shower here, followed by about 20 minutes power loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrry Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 We had about a 10 minute shower here, followed by about 20 minutes power loss. http://air4thai.pcd.go.th/web/region.php?region=2 some improvement but I think it will be back in a couple of days if we do not have a lot more rain and there is not too much forecast. Electricity here do a great job with weather and restoring service here. Perth every storm has outings of 24 hrs and more as they only have a couple of crews as that is all the beancounters think they need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceadugenga Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 The curse of the Australian utilities industries was the selling off of them to commercial enterprises whose main priority was to the shareholders rather than the customers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Well we got a little rain today and nitnoy hail too. But the good news is the air is very much improved today. Two days ago I couldn't see a certain hill from my office window. Today I can see individual trees and branches on it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceadugenga Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Bit of a storm coming through, the rain sounds good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiddlesticks Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Saw on TV news that there is a forecast for severe weather this weekend that could include damaging hail. Best to keep the autos under cover or risk getting them pock-marked by hailstones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceadugenga Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Not much in it, a slight improvement in visibility today. Off to MaeSai later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sceadugenga Posted April 3, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted April 3, 2014 Smokey in Tachilek today. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripstanley Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Not much in it, a slight improvement in visibility today. Off to MaeSai later. I was there this morning. I could not see the mountains on the trip up or back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceadugenga Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Yes, you can see in my photo that visibility is right down. Storms predicted on the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manassas Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Quite a wind last night in my area. About 25% of my baby mangoes are n the ground. But my wife says there is a recipe for these... of course. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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