Update: Rammasun headed West

For a while yesterday I cranked up the air conditioner looking at the bright sun outside wondered "where's the rain (and the cooler temperatures)?"

Even though wind speeds of up to 160 km/h have been reported, the storm seems to be traveling quite slow, moving at barely 20 km/h
Images from yesterday am and today am on GOOGLE EARTH, show how slow moving this storm is.

  

An updated weather alert at Thai Meteorological Department TMD now expects the effects of the storm over Sakon Nakhon  during July 18 and 19. 

Local weather, including this early morning's rain seems to be coming from the North East (Hanoi) toward us. NOAA MTSAT gives a clear view of the direction