Godzilla, Super, Mega, hotest, driest, strongest ever

All indications are it's already underway.

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Heavy Rain 70-90% Wednesday through Friday

The majority of recebnt heavy rains alerts have been false alarms. Sure there have been some heavy downpours, but they'e been less than naromal rainy season. This may all change within two days. A few weather maps are showing an unnamed system coming this way. Odds seem to be that it's going to cause heavy rains locally.

For an updated map vivit http://www.sattmet.tmd.go.th/satmet/mergesat.html สกลนคร Sakon Nakhon

After today's extreme heat temperatures should ease slowly over the coming days

Continue watering your garden for a few more days. There is only a slight chance of scattered showers early this afternoon, so don’t count on Mother Nature just yet.

The forecast looks more promising beginning next week, with rain chances increasing noticeably.

In the meantime, the humidity is making it feel far hotter than the thermometer suggests. While actual temperatures may reach around 36°C today , it could feel like 44–46°C in the sun.

If you haven’t already, this is a good time to try the DRY MODE setting on your air conditioner. It costs less to run than normal cooling mode because it mainly removes moisture from the air rather than aggressively lowering the temperature. Often, reducing the humidity is all it takes to make the house feel much more comfortable.

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Drought Concerns Return to SakonNakhon

The year 2020 was widely documented as one of Thailand’s worst drought years in more than four decades. Unfortunately, signs are emerging that we may once again be heading toward a prolonged period of water shortages.

Rainfall so far this year has been disappointing, and the arrival of El Niño is expected to reduce rainfall even further during the coming months and into next year. While no one can predict exactly how severe conditions will become, many experts believe the effects could become noticeable within weeks.

In June 2020, this reservoir near Nong Sa, Lao Po Daeng, showed just how quickly water levels can fall when rainfall remains below normal.

      

Climate agencies, including Thailand’s Office of National Water Resources and GISTDA (Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency), have warned that drought conditions associated with strong El Niño patterns can persist for several years.

For farmers in Sakon Nakhon, water is everything. Rice fields, livestock, and household supplies all depend heavily on reservoir storage. 

As the dry season progresses, reservoir levels may once again become daily news, closely watched by both farmers and residents alike.

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for the time being the rainy season continues in the Sakon Nakhon area. ☀️ 🪾 El Nino ain't quite here yet

exact timing of the heaviest rain days according to GOOGLE AI

2019 – 2020 Sakon Nakhon experienced an extended dry season caused by a weak El Niño. Sakon Nakhon was officially declared a drought disaster zone.
2015 – 2016: A severe regional dry spell brought on by one of the strongest El Niño events on record. The Interior Ministry declared Sakon Nakhon and several other northeastern provinces drought-stricken disaster zones as local wells and reservoirs dried up.
2014: A historic early-year drought hit the province. Worst in decades สกลนคร Sakon Nakhon

El Nino expected to be unusually more dangerous one ever

Indications are that it will become very noticably in September and October สกลนคร Sakon Nakhon

no sign of El Niño yet

El Niño has not yet officially started.  

For the moment rainy season is still a go

Rainy season most often begins mid May or as late as June. 

Thursday or Friday of this week may be the beginning of more frequent rainy days.  

One forecaster seems to predict rain earlier in the week.

Unfortunately feels like temperatures remain high. Forty or above.

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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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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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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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No Reprive imminent

If there is any rain to be had, it would be locally created by a combination of high temperatures and humidity
convectional rainfall, a mechanism where intense surface heating causes warm, humid air to rise rapidly, condense, and produce localized rain showers or thunderstorms. This process is common in tropical regions and during summer, often leading to afternoon rain that forms in the same spot it originates, as the clouds are not moved by significant winds

Reprive = Cancel or postpone สกลนคร Sakon Nakhon

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Early morning rain started right after I had watered the plants.

image Google Earth 9 am 

Most of the weather system moving west to east seems to stay north of Sakon City

For an updated version of the animation go to http://www.sattmet.tmd.go.th/satmet/mergesat.html

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Delay of hot season 😙

"Scattered" thunderstorms one or two days. or all week . . . 

Depends on which forecaster you follow.

Thai Meteorology Department: "today and every day next week"   Accuweather: "Monday, Thursday and Friday"

BBC: "all week except Thursday

Wunderground: "Tuesday,Wednesday, Saturday"

System arriving from the west.  Sakon City seems to be at the south edge of the system.  But that can change

images 5 am

Noteworthy:  the system seems to increase humidity, thus the feels like temperatures will be hot some days

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There may be a day of rain end of March, otherwise not much of a spring rain in the local forecasts yet

At age 81 dust is becoming a noticeable problem. If there is any doubt. I sweep a four meter pathway every day, and every day there's a pile of dust. Pictured are three days piles
After encoutering facial skin problems, especially pimples on my nose, I started washing my face at least four times a day in hot water to open pores, then use rubbing alcohol cautiously on my face and neck for cleaning. Pictured is the early morning face rinse after getting out of bed

Due to the dust in the air, I have a severe sleeping problem. Wake up during the night with a very dry throat from breathing through my mouth because my nose is clogged. First night with a air purifier, very minimal dry throat สกลนคร Sakon Nakhon

😤Local air quality: moderate ☀️ UV mostly high, 😎 and 🎩 recommended

Temperature forecast numbers differ.

On average, no fan needed overnight for now.

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Cold spell will ease up after the weekend

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Forecast calls for cooler nights ahead

Chart depicts overnight lows expexted through January

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A few fairly warm nights, then slightly cooler

Nothing unusual สกลนคร Sakon Nakhon

Neighbor doors banging, occasional high wind gusts

That's usually an indication of changing weather conditions 

Cold coming our way

The cold air seems to be coming from Northeast

Of the number of forecast I check 14 Celsius may be the lowest overnight temperature this week.  Keep in mind crawling and flying insects will also be looking for warmer accomodations and may want to follow you insideสกลนคร Sakon Nakhon