Weather in Chiang Rai region

[ripstanley]

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

[canuckamuck]

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.

[sceadugenga]

Agreed.

[kevvy]

even though I dont live there yet , I agree

from the fat boy

[Manassas]

Just back from Chiang Mai. Hotel has a rooftop restaurant (12th floor) for breakfast. Couldn't even see across town, much less the mountains.

[sceadugenga]

It's certainly bad here now.

[harrry]

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

[harrry]

Last night PM10 hit 212 and at 7am wsa 200.

http://aqmthai.com/public_report.php

(station A57)

[Fiddlesticks]

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!

[sceadugenga]

Not good at all.

And yes, the colours are genuine.

[canuckamuck]

A magenta sun, is that like a blue moon?

Maybe something special will happen

[ripstanley]

Not good at all.

And yes, the colours are genuine.

Same down in Phayao

[harrry]

Not nice at all.238 at 8am according to http://aqmthai.com/public_report.php station a57

[sidelines]

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

[canuckamuck]

I saw three flashes of lightning, so there's some chance of rain tonight

[ripstanley]

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

[Fiddlesticks]

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!

[ripstanley]

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

[irlguy1]

Heading back to the wife's home in Phayao in a few weeks. Love a good downpour beating off the roof

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[sceadugenga]

We had about a 10 minute shower here, followed by about 20 minutes power loss.

[harrry]

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.

[sceadugenga]

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.

[canuckamuck]

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.

[sceadugenga]

Bit of a storm coming through, the rain sounds good.

[Fiddlesticks]

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.

[sceadugenga]

Not much in it, a slight improvement in visibility today.

Off to MaeSai later.

[sceadugenga]

Smokey in Tachilek today.

[ripstanley]

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.

[sceadugenga]

Yes, you can see in my photo that visibility is right down.

Storms predicted on the weekend.

[Manassas]

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.