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Monday, April 20, 2026

Melioidosis wet weather disease

Melioidosis is predominantly a wet season problem in tropical regions, with cases spiking during periods of heavy rainfall, high humidity, and flooding.

If you get your feet wet outdoors in wet puddles or mud

WASH YOUR FEET AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

In worst cases it has resulted in deaths, other cases resulted in expensive medical treatment

government warns of a melioidosis outbreak

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wet weekend a likelihood 🌦️ ⚡️ 🌧️ 🌦️ ⚡️ 🌧️ drought conditions coming

Most forecasters agree: rain thunderstorms Friday through the weekend. Light and heavy alternate

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Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Rain is on the way, just when and how much is debated

TMD is advising : Summer storms in upper Thailand (affecting the period from April 16-20, 2026)

Nothing to see on weather maps as of now. Local forecasts indicate we may see some rain and some extreme feels like temperatures next week.

	Th16	Fr17	Sa18	Su19	Mo20	Tu21	We22	Th23
Accuweather	☀️ 42	☀️ 43	☀️ 43	☀️ 40	⚡️ 41	🌧️ 41	☀️ 43	⚡️ 45
BBC	☀️ 44	☀️ 44	⚡️ 45	☀️ 45	⚡️ 45	🌦️ 45	🌦️ 46	🌦️ 45
Wunderground	☀️ 42	☀️ 43	☀️ 39	⚡️ 38	⚡️ 38	☀️ 40	☀️ 42	☀️ 41

☀️ Sunny, scattered clouds

🌦️ Light or scattered Rain

🌧️ Rain

⚡️ Scattered to heavy Thunder Storms

Extended forecasts indicate possible months of drought conditions through the year of 2026, for which El Nino is blamed. Global warming is making the situation much worse

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Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Songkran Migration has begun - - - - - energy costs still climbing

Photo 2016

Seen a few posts of persons who have already started their vacations and have arrived in town.

Have received other messages indicating they will be home for the holidays.

Some news articles seem to think tourism income will be down by 40% this new year.

Most inbound traffic maybe from nearby countries spending less than distant tourist. In some instances air tickets have doubled in price.

Then there are those hopeful reporters who claimed it will all be over by July. Dream on!

PM Anutin warns of worsening energy crisis Thai PBS World

You really have to wonder about this energy crisis, especially when as of 2024, Thailand has over 10,800 petroleum production wells, with the vast majority located offshore in the Gulf of Thailand ???
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Thursday, April 2, 2026

Temperatures climbing becoming a health hazard especially to vulnerable

Temperature at 05:55 this morning

The weather experience over the past week makes me believe BBC forecast is the most accurate.

Air con units are in high demand at the moment. Gaining in popularity are AI self cleaning units. Meanwhile consider checking the dust filters on your unit.

Hot season is also high fire season. Northern Thailand seems to have the most active fires at the moment. Active Fire Hotspot :: ฐานข้อมูลจุดความร้อน กรมป่าไม้

Past weekend had a number of parades and festivities. A few I knew about ahead of time, while others, such as the Phra That Phu Phek festivities, came to light after picture and video posts of the events.

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