Guest fountainhall Posted September 26, 2012 Posted September 26, 2012 Bangkok’s rainfall this month is already the heaviest for 50 years. Usually the storms start around 4:00 pm but yesterday there was a massive two hour rainfall starting around 1:30 pm. Roads were paralysed (so what’s new?) with traffic grinding to a halt in many places. Worse, more is to come over the next few days, according to the Meteorological Department. Bangkok residents can expect more downpours and likely flooding over the next few days. According to the Meteorological Department's forecast, thunderstorms will affect most parts of Bangkok and its adjacent provinces until next Monday . . . "Please be patient and be |understanding," Deputy Bangkok Governor Wallop Suwandee said yesterday. He said the BMA had installed pumps at flood-prone spots to |minimise the impact on the public. He was speaking as Bangkok commuters had to wade through floodwaters in many parts of the |city yesterday, including along Vibhavadi-Rangsit and Ratchadaphisek roads. Sanya Sheenimit, head of the BMA Drainage and Sewerage Department, said that in just a few hours, 93 millimetres of rain fell on Rama IX Road yesterday. "The rainfall on Vibhavadi-Rangsit was also really heavy," he said. Wallop admitted the BMA was now worried about rainfall levels. According to available statistics, total rainfall over the 24-hour period ending at 3pm yesterday was 107mm in Pom Prab district, 133mm in Phya Thai district and 134mm in Huai Khwang district. http://www.nationmul...e-30191132.html Quote
Rogie Posted September 26, 2012 Posted September 26, 2012 It's been very wet in Britain too, with the worst September storm in 30 years. Meteorologists are saying although total rainfall throughout the year is not much different from usual, when it does rain it tends to be in more intense bursts, often causing localised flooding. Earlier in the year we were being told reservoirs were low and water rationing was imminent, in fact in some parts of the country there was rationing, eg. hosepipe's were banned. That seems a distant memory now. Perhaps weather patterns have changed and we can expect more unpredicable weather in the future. I wonder if Thailand may be experiencing something similar? Quote
Guest thaiworthy Posted September 26, 2012 Posted September 26, 2012 Today I brought my umbrella with me everywhere I went, knowing full well it was supposed to rain. When I don't bring the umbrella, then it rains. As fate would have it, guess what happened today? Not only that, I can actually see the moon in full daylight! Quote
Guest fountainhall Posted September 26, 2012 Posted September 26, 2012 What have you been smoking, Khun Thaiworthy? But never fear. I can see the rain clouds making their way over the city now. By 5:00 pm it will be lashing down! Quote
Guest fountainhall Posted September 27, 2012 Posted September 27, 2012 Not sure where those rain clouds went, but not in my direction! It stayed dry till 1:00 am and then started in earnest.Please keep taking your umbrella, Khun TW! Quote
Guest thaiworthy Posted September 27, 2012 Posted September 27, 2012 FH, if you ever find me wandering about with my umbrella at that ungodly hour, I want you to yank it from my hands and hit me with it! Quote
Guest fountainhall Posted September 27, 2012 Posted September 27, 2012 Oops, I see you forgot your umbrella again! The rain is now pouring down! Quote
Guest fountainhall Posted October 6, 2012 Posted October 6, 2012 The papers have been full of new downpours due over the next few days as a result of Tropical Storm Gaemi moving in to Vietnam from the South China Sea. This warning was issued at 05:30 today - At 01.00 LST, on 6 October, tropical storm “GAEMI” in the middle South China Sea was centered about 450 km east of Da Nang, Vietnam, or at latitude 14.0 °N and 113.0 °E, with maximum sustained wind about 80 km./hr. It was moving west with speed about 20 km/hr. Strengthen, it will make landfall over central Vietnam by 6 October, then downgrade and move pass the lower Northeast, the East and the Central of Thailand. These cause torrential rain with heavy to very heavy rain in many areas and windy over the Northeast (Amnat Charoen, Ubon Ratchathani, Si Sa Ket, Surin, Buri Ram and. Nakhon Ratchasima) and the East (Sa Kaeo, Prachin Buri) for the first place following the Central and the lower North during 6-8 October. People in the risk areas should beware of the severe weather. The stronger southwest monsoon prevails over the Andaman Sea, the South and the Gulf of Thailand. More rain is likely in the South west coast of the country and the stronger wind waves are expected 2-3 meters high in the upper Gulf and the Andaman Sea. All ships should proceed with caution, and small boats keep ashore during 7-9 October. http://www.tmd.go.th/en/ Quote
