"Rai" becomes tropical storm, will unleash relentless rainfall through to the weekend

[webfact]

"Rai" becomes tropical storm, will unleash relentless rainfall through to the weekend

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Thailand Meteorological Department today issued the latest warning of heavy to heaviest rains in the upper part of the country covering 28 provinces, starting tonight as depression "Rai" has gained momentum and turned into a tropical storm as it is approaching the Vietnamese coast of Danang this morning.

 

Thailand’s northeastern region will be first affected by the tropical storm after it makes landfall on the central Vietnamese shore and dissolves to tropical depression.

 

The centre of the Rai tropical storm at 4.00am today was 150 kilometres east of Danang.

 

With its wind speed of 65 kms/hr near the centre, Rai was moving northwesterly to the Vietnamese shore at 20 kms/hr.

 

It is expected to make landfall on Danang coast today, and then dissolves to depression and moves forward to the upper part region of Thailand.

 

Along the path it moves, the tropical storm, now dissolves to depression, will unleash heavy to heaviest rainfall through to end of the week, starting from the Northeast, East, Central and  North.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/rai-becomes-tropical-storm-will-unleash-relentless-rainfall-weekend/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2016-09-13

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Tropical storm Rai to reach Thailand tonight

 

  

BANGKOK, 13 September 2016 (NNT) - The Meteorological Department has warned people in the North and Northeast of Thailand to brace for heavy rains as the tropical storm ‘Rai’ has already made landfall in Vietnam. 

The storm is forecast to move towards the central region of the northeastern part of Thailand later tonight. Rai is expected to weaken to a tropical depression as it moves upward to the northern region in the following days. 

Meteorologists said the upper parts of the country will experience heavy rainfall and strong winds for the time being. People in various provinces have been advised to be cautious when leaving their homes. 

Those provinces include Sakon Nakhon, Nakhon Phanom, Mukdahan, Amnat Charoen, Ubon Ratchathani, Surin, Buriram, Sisaket, Roi Et, Kalasin, Khon Kaen, Chaiyaphum, Nakhon Ratchasima, Prachinburi, Chonburi, Rayong, Chanthaburi, Trat, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Lamphun, Lampang, Phayao, Phrae, Nan, Uttaradit, Phitsanulok and Petchabun. 

Waves in the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand could reach the height of 2-3 meters. Fishermen have been warned to be extra cautious when leaving shore. Small vessels should remain ashore until Sunday due to strong currents. 

 

-- nnt 2016-09-13

[Thechook]

Stop the rain making

[khwaibah]

Is been steady rain here in Kap Choeng for the past 30 hours.. Out main pond has gone up 18 inches.

[joeyg]

Rained pretty solid through the evening until about 10 AM today Clear and balmy in Pattaya at the moment.

[DM07]

Get them damn planes out of the sky! Enough of the rainmaking!

[Brer Fox]

3 hours ago, Thechook said:

Stop the rain making

Can't do that. Like most things connected people are making a wad of money out of it.

[MaxLee]

2 months of guaranteed XXXTREME rainfall.... 

[12DrinkMore]

Hope they are managing to keep some of this rainfall to prevent the next issue of drought and no water in the reservoirs.

[The Fat Controller]

Moderate to heavy rain in Ubon since 5am, no sign of it stopping...

 

[tukkytuktuk]

Forecasted to hit the north of Thailand, I know, but if it comes south towards Bangkok I have some useful radar maps that can help update you on the rain every 10 minutes.

1 - http://weather.bangkok.go.th/radar/

 

2 - http://weather.bangkok.go.th/radar/RadarNongKam.aspx

[whatproblem]

6 hours ago, Thechook said:

Stop the rain making

Can't ,it's the only time it works

[The Fat Controller]

I use those radars all the time to see what's around, the Ubon radar stopped updating at 9am today, maybe it got too wet !

For new users of the radar feeds, most of the times are in UTC so you add 7 hours to get Thai time.

Edited September 13, 2016 by The Fat Controller

[Doc46]

That's not a Storm 65 K is only a local shower where we come from ,,,,North Queensland   Australia,,, A bit of Rain wont hurt,,, 5555

[chiang mai]

2 hours ago, 12DrinkMore said:

Hope they are managing to keep some of this rainfall to prevent the next issue of drought and no water in the reservoirs.

 

The reservoirs are all filling nicely:

 

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

 

Click on the dam you want to see and look at the comparison to previous years.

 

[Deepinthailand]

Hammering down here 20k north of Khon Kaen started at midday and still going strong no winds yet just rain. Our Lower land beside our house plot is a lovley swimming pool now 

[Acharn]

6 hours ago, 12DrinkMore said:

Hope they are managing to keep some of this rainfall to prevent the next issue of drought and no water in the reservoirs.

 

I hope so too, but not with much confidence. The dams are not at places where the rain is likely to fall, nor are they placed where they would be most effective at controlling floods, nor even where water supplies need to be normalized year to year. They are placed where speculators can make the most money from land whose owners are being displaced. Oh, by the way, I don't think cloud seeding operations are ongoing right now. Anybody who has lived in Thailand a couple of years or who did minimal research before coming here should know we should expect daily rain until at least the middle of October. This is not something unusual, although the amount we're getting this week is like what we got in 2011. It's called The Rainy Season and runs from May thru October.

Edited September 13, 2016 by Acharn

[DNPBC0]

Breaking news.  Plans have just been announced for the establishment of a Department of Rainstopping and Agricultural Aviation. Planes will eventually be fitted with banks of hair-dryers. In the meantime use will be made of squadrons of helicopters carrying large umbrellas.

[lopburi3]

And as of today almost all the rain is gone and over Burma already.  Clear and sunny here in Bangkok and over most of Thailand from radar reports.  

Edited September 14, 2016 by lopburi3

[Deepinthailand]

Think the above radar report is wrong hammering down here

[ratcatcher]

10 minutes ago, lopburi3 said:

And as of today almost all the rain is gone and over Burma already.  Clear and sunny here in Bangkok and over most of Thailand from radar reports.  

 

 

 

At 0900 still 100% cloud cover here in Phichit Wednesday morning after raing from 1800hrs Tuesday . It's not over yet.

[johng]

6 minutes ago, Deepinthailand said:

hammering down here

 

here  ...where ????????

[lopburi3]

6 minutes ago, Deepinthailand said:

Think the above radar report is wrong hammering down here

And here is where?  I suspect close to Burma?

 

Phichit seems to be out of the rain and will clear today.  Radar does not show clouds well if they are not making rain.  

[d123]

12 minutes ago, johng said:

 

here  ...where ????????

 

12 minutes ago, johng said:

 

here  ...where ????????

At a guess i would say about 20K north of Khon Kaen

[Deepinthailand]

As said 20 klicks north of Khon kaen and still raining heavily

[chiang mai]

12 hours ago, Acharn said:

 

I hope so too, but not with much confidence. The dams are not at places where the rain is likely to fall, nor are they placed where they would be most effective at controlling floods, nor even where water supplies need to be normalized year to year. They are placed where speculators can make the most money from land whose owners are being displaced. Oh, by the way, I don't think cloud seeding operations are ongoing right now. Anybody who has lived in Thailand a couple of years or who did minimal research before coming here should know we should expect daily rain until at least the middle of October. This is not something unusual, although the amount we're getting this week is like what we got in 2011. It's called The Rainy Season and runs from May thru October.

 

Rubbish! The purpose of dams is to collect water supplies and not to avoid flooding, in that respect they are placed optimally. And they are also doing their jobs well, if you click on the above link and look at the numbers and trend.

[lopburi3]

1 hour ago, Deepinthailand said:

As said 20 klicks north of Khon kaen and still raining heavily

Does not appear to have much to do with Rai - just local storms in that area of the country, and not many, from current KK radar.

 

[Deepinthailand]

2 hours ago, lopburi3 said:

Does not appear to have much to do with Rai - just local storms in that area of the country, and not many, from current KK radar.

 

I don't rely on radar I look out of the door or window and that tells me it's raining same as it was yesterday and the day before.

[alocacoc]

Hope nobody gets injured. But, i love such weather conditions. Last night on the way back to Pattaya from Vientiane, a lot of rain. Keep it raining.

[Kwasaki]

26 minutes ago, Deepinthailand said:

I don't rely on radar I look out of the door or window and that tells me it's raining same as it was yesterday and the day before.

 

In our area of Sukhothai this year it has been one of the wettest l've known for good while.

Our small bit of farmland hasn't been dry since the end of April.