Big Rains Coming.........

[KhonKaenKowboy]

Looks like tonight, according to www.weather.com and that BKK Newspaper.  If anyone has any information to add; feel free.

[villagefarang]

It has been raining all day here in Chiang Rai.

[chiang mai]

The weather forecasters have been predicting heavy rains for Chiang Mai for several days but the actual date/time of arrival keeps moving out hence I just finished watering the garden!

 

But as long as it's raining somewhere North of me I'm happy, nothing personal of course VF but we need the reservoirs to fill, this month and next.

[villagefarang]

I don't mind the rain but it would be nice if it would pause now and again so I could walk the dog.  She is a hairy beast and it is no fun sloshing around the yard with her and then having to dry her off afterward.

[jonwilly]

The BBC would seem to agree.

 

http://www.bbc.com/weather/1116869

 

john

[ubonjoe]

Weather Warning Heavy Rain and Strong Wind Waves No. 7 Time Issued August 14, 2016

The monsoon trough lies across Myanmar, the upper North of Thailand and Laos to the low pressure cell in upper Vietnam. The strong southwest monsoon prevails across the Andaman Sea, the South and the Gulf of Thailand. More rain is likely over Thailand, as well as heavy to very heavy rain in the North, the East and the South. Provinces include Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Phayao, Nan, Phrae, Lamphun, Lampang, Tak, Uttaradit, Phetchabun, Chanthaburi, Trat, Ranong, Phangnga, Phuket, Krabi, and Trang. People should beware of the severe conditions. The strong wind waves in the Andaman Sea and the upper Gulf of Thailand are likely 2-3 meters high. All ships should proceed with caution, ...more

 

Source: http://www.tmd.go.th/en/

[Sparkles]

Evacuations in PAI from riverside resorts and villages yesterday/last night.If the dams are going to get topped up it better happen soon despite the problems that come with it

 

[NickJ]

Pokemon flourish in the rain....

[pgrahmm]

Just got back from Koh Lanta where we got the last two days of it there....Heavy rain was sporatic but heavy when it rained.....Did't affect our plans - lucky timing....

Alternate skies, you could watch the black cloud roll in bringing rain - then gone.....

Not sure whether we got part of the worst of it or not.....

 

Big swells on the sea.....

Edited August 14, 2016 by pgrahmm

[worgeordie]

Seems to have been a non event,just mostly drizzle,

shows how difficult it is to forecast the weather,

sometimes Mother Nature does not cooperate.

regards worgeordie

[cloudhopper]

Cats and dogs in Doi Saket now.

[billd766]

18 hours ago, Sparkles said:

Evacuations in PAI from riverside resorts and villages yesterday/last night.If the dams are going to get topped up it better happen soon despite the problems that come with it

 

 

Down here at Mae Won it has been raining steadily since about 5 pm last night, not heavy but persistent.

 

Here is a link to the state of the dams in Thailand updated to this morning.

 

http://www.thaiwater.net/DATA/REPORT/php/rid_dam_1.php?lang=en

 

http://www.thaiwater.net/web/index.php/en.html

 

While the second link is partly in English you can look at the dams nearest you and get an idea of the status.

 

 

Edited August 15, 2016 by billd766
Added more text

[Sparkles]

The damage around Pai was apparently pretty horrendous.City Life reporting 30 riverside hotels and resorts washed away,20 cars,30 motor bikes and several bridges destroyed.

 

Nan apparently copped a lashing too

 

In our part of Hang Dong we have had nothing more than drizzle for 2 days, on and off. 10 cm into the soil its dry

[CNXBKKMAN]

It has been wetter than the last couple of years but very little of the water seems to find its way into the reservoirs that i see. This is the small one at the back 700 year stadium only one week ago. Some deep puddles are forming but they are still only puddles. Thats the only difference from May. This is a screenshot. Its not a video.

Edited August 15, 2016 by CNXBKKMAN
forgot something

[chiang mai]

The problem is that the ground water levels are so low, all the rain that is falling has to replenish ground water levels before reservoirs can be filled on top.

[Sparkles]

23 hours ago, CNXBKKMAN said:

It has been wetter than the last couple of years but very little of the water seems to find its way into the reservoirs that i see. This is the small one at the back 700 year stadium only one week ago. Some deep puddles are forming but they are still only puddles. Thats the only difference from May. This is a screenshot. Its not a video.

I think you should maybe insert  "some areas" have had more rain than last year.My rain guage is showing about 40% less than last year.The rain we have had at our place has been very misty and short lived . Heavy falls and subsequent run off are obviously not falling in the catchment areas as shown by your photo.Re the deluge in and around Pai have no idea where that finishes up as it travels south. Keep reading rain and  weather warnings for Chiang Mai in the Bangkok media, on a daily basis,but not happening as yet.

[cloudhopper]

The Pai River flows into Myanmar and the Indian Ocean so unfortunately will not help the CM region.

[Sparkles]

Looking at the weather satellite this afternoon.Tomorrow or later tonight is looking very promising.

 

Nan ,Phayao, Mae Hong Son ,Pai are still mopping up, might be our turn.

[Ricardo]

On 15/08/2016 at 6:13 PM, chiang mai said:

The problem is that the ground water levels are so low, all the rain that is falling has to replenish ground water levels before reservoirs can be filled on top.

 

Ain't that the truth of it ! 

 

Our three ponds are still dry, so are my BiL's two deeper fish-ponds next doors, there has been a few inches of standing-water after there were two days' heavy-rain months ago, but it just soaked-in after a couple of days.

 

I know  ...  I'll go and wash the car  ...   that will do the trick !

[chiang mai]

3 minutes ago, Ricardo said:

 

Ain't that the truth of it ! 

 

Our three ponds are still dry, so are my BiL's two deeper fish-ponds next doors, there has been a few inches of standing-water after there were two days' heavy-rain months ago, but it just soaked-in after a couple of days.

 

I know  ...  I'll go and wash the car  ...   that will do the trick !

If it's any consolation the ground water where I am is now back to the pre hot season level of around 4 metres, at the end of the previous hot season it had dropped to twelve metres during the day time, just out of reach of my pumps.

[Ricardo]

8 minutes ago, chiang mai said:

If it's any consolation the ground water where I am is now back to the pre hot season level of around 4 metres, at the end of the previous hot season it had dropped to twelve metres during the day time, just out of reach of my pumps.

 

Clever thought for the day  ...  I'll build-up the land near our borehole, so that the pump reaches deeper  ...  that'll work  ...  maybe !

[chiang mai]

The weather stations have held their forecast for major rains beginning this evening and lasting for 24 hours, for the first time two of them are warning of tropical storm conditions - 25mm and 15 mm of rain forecast for today and tomorrow.

 

https://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=18.790400,98.984703

[DipStick]

Here you go, latest storm track from the HK observatory

[MadMac]

Waiting.....

[ovenman]

The leading edge appears to have arrived...

[MadMac]

So what I want to know, do I have to wake up to close the windows in the middle of the night or not? How about my happiness? Who is responsible?

Edited August 19, 2016 by MadMac

[MadMac]

Raining....Hang Dong!

[KhonKaenKowboy]

yep...good steady flow by CMU.

[cyberfarang]

It`s raining and considering it is the rainy season, this comes as no surprise. On the other hand, if it was snowing, that would really be a good reason to make a thread about.

[MadMac]

Stopped raining....<deleted>?! It's rainyt season