News Forum - Most of Thailand to be hit by heavy rainfall today and tomorrow

[Thaiger]

Get your umbrellas out, you’re going to need them in most parts of the country today and tomorrow. The Thai Meteorological Department has forecast “very heavy rain” for the north, central Thailand, and the east coast of the southern region. A cyclone in the Bay of Bengal is the reason for the wet conditions, according to the TMD, with a strong low-pressure cell in the middle intensifying and wind speeds at the centre around 30 kilometres an hour. The cyclone is moving north-west at a speed of around 15 kilometres an hour and the department says it’s expected to make […]

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[Marble-eye]

I was just about to get my parasol out and it has just started to rain, not heavy but rain non the less.

[Faz]

Put the washing out an hour ago.
Still brilliant sunshine.

[Marble-eye]

37 minutes ago, Faz said:

Put the washing out an hour ago.
Still brilliant sunshine.

That's exactly what Noah said to his wife before it started to drizzle.

[Guest1]

The cyclone is moving north-west at a speed of around 15 kilometres an hour and the department says it’s expected to make landfall in Myanmar today or tomorrow.

Sure about the "west", in the direction it is moving? Would need to be somewhere in the east of the Andaman see, to hit Myanmar. Aside, other news saying it is moving north-east.

[WilliamG]

Just read the main story which says the cyclone in the Bay of Bengal is moving NORTH WEST. Isn't that away from Myanmar & Thailand, towards India?

 

Sorry Guest1, you beat me to it.

[Noble_Design]

This years summer/hot season is a little weird with the constant rain. But I think the rice farmers would be happy.

[Fester]

24 minutes ago, WilliamG said:

Just read the main story which says the cyclone in the Bay of Bengal is moving NORTH WEST. Isn't that away from Myanmar & Thailand, towards India?

Sorry Guest1, you beat me to it.

The main story is a bit erroneous. The tmd describe this system as a depression, which is tracking slightly east of north.

Link: https://www.tmd.go.th/warningwindow.php?wID=11578

There is no cyclone as yet but some forecasts predict the strengthening of this depression to cyclone strength before it crosses the Myanmar coast tomorrow.

Systems like this (close to Thailand) are rather rare and, yes, it will pull some rain across parts of Thailand from the SE.