snoop1130 Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Rainy season will start at the end of May Thailand will officially enter rainy season at the end of this month and the rain situation this year will be normal without an El Nino phenomenon with sufficient water for agriculture, according to the prediction of the Meteorological Department. Department head Mr Wanchai Sak-udomchai said on Monday that rainfall this year would not be too much to cause widespread flooding or too little that would cause widespread drought. However, during the start of the rainy season expected at the end of this month, the amount of rainfall might be slightly more than normal and, eventually, it would decrease in September and October. Full Story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/rainy-season-will-start-end-may/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-5-8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pugwash1 Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Its been wet for the past month in Surin. The weather "expert"hasn't really gone out on a limb with his predictions has he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigeone Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Well he has gone as far as covering all bases !! Basically he hasn't a clue what it's actually going to do I would imagine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBadGeordie Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Not too wet, not too dry. Not too hot, not too cold. Just right. This forecast was brought to you by Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkidlad Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Started in Bangkok already. Hate it. Just before it rains the heat is far too intense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habanero Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 My weather rock has been right on 100% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Bob Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 (edited) Somchai "knows" what the weather will be this year, based on normal weather patterns for nearly every year ;-) Edited May 8, 2017 by Captain_Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 It has been raining off-and-on, especially late-afternoon and early-evening, every few days for the past two weeks here in Chiang Mai. Obviously we now know that we're all wrong after all, and this wasn't the start of the monsoon season, which most local expats thought was due early-May. And the PM need not worry about the monsoon having started early, as reported on another thread this morning, there's still a few weeks to wait and fix the broken weirs ... https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/982208-pm-prayut-concerned-with-early-arrival-of-rainy-season/ I wonder whether the genius from the Met Office might also, clarify, whether we're likely to see daylight between morning & evening, and the likelihood of it being darker at night-time ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khwaibah Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 10 hours ago, pugwash1 said: Its been wet for the past month in Surin. The weather "expert"hasn't really gone out on a limb with his predictions has he? Its rained every week since last November. There has been NO dry season this year. So called weather experts are a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simoh1490 Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 2 minutes ago, khwaibah said: Its rained every week since last November. There has been NO dry season this year. So called weather experts are a joke. Not in Chiang Mai it hasn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simoh1490 Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 It's important to watch the wind maps, the South West Monsoon brings the rains in May so if the wind is not from the SW, there's unlikely to be any sustained rainfall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkusAUST Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 I am yet to see these people accurately forecast anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 I believe that their record is fairly good, on which direction the Sun will rise in, every morning ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Being a weather forecaster is the perfect job. You can get it wrong all the time and you never get fired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CantSpell Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Predictions 99.9% correct... He put his finger in his mouth before putting it up... Serious... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenBravo Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 It's "officially" the rainy season on 1st May. Actual rainy season can start a month either side of this. Pity the weather doesn't read the newspapers.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 What wizardry from this department. Protecting the start of rainy season in May? And if this was not enough of a shock prediction. They also see the rainy season tapering off in October. Next they will be predicting that the laws of gravity will be in effect throughout the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvr181 Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 18 hours ago, pugwash1 said: Its been wet for the past month in Surin. The weather "expert"hasn't really gone out on a limb with his predictions has he? It is only an "official" start date, regardless of circumstances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pentap Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Shaman too!!!I wish I had the ability to forecast the future. But then again. I'm just a foreigner. Yawn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jip99 Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Good - O. He can put the seaweed away for another year ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisemonkey Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 20 hours ago, pugwash1 said: The weather "expert"hasn't really gone out on a limb with his predictions has he? He might as well have said "The amount of light will increase tomorrow after sunrise and, eventually, it will decrease after sunset." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mok199 Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 hysterical...like a vintage johnny carson and the tonight show prediction....'''I predict the sun will rise tomorrow''' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreasyFingers Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 7 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said: Being a weather forecaster is the perfect job. You can get it wrong all the time and you never get fired. Even better than being a barrister when one of is wrong 50% of the time but still charge as if they win 100% of the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redline Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Can you please tell me what day!? I have plans you know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seajae Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 not that long ago they were predicting a drought lasting most of the year, look like they got a new magic ball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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