Weather in Chiang Rai region

[sceadugenga]

Extremely hazy this morning. Almost foglike. Clouds descending eerily over the bog.

Same out at HoySan. Fine drizzle last night and still cold at 9.15am. Big party today, opening of a new building in the temple, that'll warm them up.

[svenivan]

Extremely hazy this morning. Almost foglike. Clouds descending eerily over the bog.

Goski, where are you?

Still in Skåne or?

Here in C R February-Haze! And that is the worst one!

:D

[goski]

That's what I'm talking about Sven! I'm in the middle of the dreaded Februaru haze of Chiang Rai, with a jetlag as well!

[svenivan]

That's what I'm talking about Sven! I'm in the middle of the dreaded Februaru haze of Chiang Rai, with a jetlag as well!

Welcome home!

:D

[goski]

[Jai Dee]

Extremely hazy here on the eastern seaboard today... visibility is maybe 600-700 yards.

Please excuse the imperial measurement... I'm a golfer... and Thai golf courses are measured in yards not metres... and I reckon I can see just a bit further than a long par 5 today... but not 2 par 4's.

[taxexile]

likewise over here in hua hin , very hazy and very cool , 25c. at 9.30am.

had to sleep in my socks last night. brrrrrrr.

[svenivan]

It has started to clear up a little bit here in CR. I mean a little bit. Still haze but now I can clearly see the mountain 2 km away and I can see the ones 8-10 km away but not clearly. Maybe just temporary.

:D

[Jai Dee]

Still a bit hazy here... visibility is about 6-8 km.

[toybits]

I think this this the smog I have ever experienced in Chiang Rai. The haze did not use to bother me. But this time my eyes sting from the suspended smoke, and my lungs hurt. I am not a smoker (used to 15 years ago) but this is baaaad.

Lots of small fires, low intensity fires going all over the place. As you know, warm air rises. But if the fire is not very intense, the volume of hot air is not enough to take the smoke to higher altitudes. So the smoke from these small fires rise a bit, cool down and then just hang there, almost hugging the ground.

This sucks!!! REALLY SUCK! !@#!@#$!

Seems that since the rainy season has ended all the mountains are covered with haze that obscures visibility and makes meaningful photography futile. Was up in Doi Tung yesterday and it was very disappointing

I've heard about the haze in March, April, May attributable to mountain burning .... but this is November!

Does anybody who's lived here long-term know if this haze is here to stay until June 2007 and the

next rainy season? I've read websites such as 1stopchaingmai.com and GT-rider.com, and they say that this time of year (especially December) is the best for photography. But, it seems the opposite is true!

Anybody know the real scoop on the haze? Is it everywhere in N. Thailand, will it go away for a while?

Thanks All!

[svenivan]

It is getting worse again. The thunderstorm a week ago took away some of the smoke but the fires are still on in the mountains, in the fields an on the roadside.

[sbk]

You CR and CM lot have my deepest sympathies, this isn't just haze you have but pollution.

I remember when the forest fires were so bad in Indonesia that the haze reached as far as Koh Phangnan. The air smelled and when my husband went out fishing in his boat he said by about 1km out he could barely make out Koh P anymore. Easy to get lost in the ocean if you can't see where anything is

Hope all of you don't suffer long-term health problems because of the smoke.

[sceadugenga]

Listen up you guys, I'm back in Chiang Rai in 2 weeks and if the airs not clear I am going to kick butt.

Already warned my Mrs who made suitably respectful noises over the phone. (It was either that or a yawn.)

[Jai Dee]

Already warned my Mrs who made suitably respectful noises over the phone. (It was either that or a yawn.)

[svenivan]

I noticed today that I cannot see the mountains at the horizont.

It cannot come from burning in Thailand, Laos or Burma. Must be some sh!t from China.

We all remember the haze in Jan - April. Will it be worse this year?

[wileycoyote]

I hope it doesn't get bad.

Is there any rain due ?

Wiley Coyote

[sceadugenga]

I noticed it this morning and we had some heavy rain yesterday. Still a fair bit to come I hope (rain), between now and New Year is always my favorite time of the year.

[chiang mai]

I also thought I saw haze here this morning and then realized it was simply the spray from the ocean waves reflecting off the glorious sunrise below a perfectly blue sky. I was mistaken.

[goski]

Not the haze!!! AAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrghh!

[Jai Dee]

Ahhh bewdy!!!

Another haze thread.

No haze on the eastern seaboard today... heavy rain instead.

[wileycoyote]

Is it getting clearer ?

Wiley Coyote

[sceadugenga]

No, same same. The winds steady out of the North though, possibly does come from China. Too early for burning here I'd like to say but if it don't rain in the next couple of days the Grannies will be raking up the leaves again.

[chownah]

Is it getting clearer ?

Wiley Coyote

I think what's getting clearer is the fact that it is almost never exceedingly clear in Chiangrai....sad but true.

BEEP BEEP,PEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwww,

Road Runner

[wileycoyote]

Is it getting clearer ?

Wiley Coyote

I think what's getting clearer is the fact that it is almost never exceedingly clear in Chiangrai....sad but true.

BEEP BEEP,PEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwww,

Road Runner

True,thank you Chownah

[villagefarang]

Hazy during the day around here but last night the stars were clear and it was almost cold. Felt like winter.

[wileycoyote]

And it is even colder here in Ross & Cromarty.

With the wind saughing ,right up the colls and tarns !

Wiley Coyote

[tayto]

And it is even colder here in Ross & Cromarty.

With the wind saughing ,right up the colls and tarns !

Wiley Coyote

Is that scottish?

[Crow Boy]

Topic Pinned by request

If someone is willing to do a daily update of the weather from the Met Bureau it would make the thread more topical.

thanks

CB

[MiG16]

I kinda heard about this place...so thought Id pop in see what its like

so all rain and haze and grey? did CR move to England?

<<runs off to hide in sunny Rayong>>

[tayto]

I kinda heard about this place...so thought Id pop in see what its like

so all rain and haze and grey? did CR move to England?

<<runs off to hide in sunny Rayong>>

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