Haitan a 'Tuckered Out' Sakon Visitor

Tropical Storm Haitan sidestepped Muang Sakon Nakhon.

The storm spent most of it's energy over Vietnam and Laos,
arriving here as a worn out tourist with light rain, clouds and cool temperatures.
The main thrust of the storm is heading to the lower portion of the North-East   Thai Meteorological Department

4 AM Sept 27

Noon Sept 27

Next visitor:
Haitan is a dwarf compared to Typhoon Nesat, now over the Philippines

• Typhoon Nesat pounds Philippines   Reuters Video 

• Storm ‘Nesat’ ravages through the Philippines Mindanao Examiner 

• Nesat has been plotted to arrive in Hainan by Thursday evening

It would seem that Nesat would continue far north of us,
however strong northerly weather may force it to change direction

To date only one of four weather sites makes any mention of the effects on this area,
predicting local winds of up to 111 km possible on Friday, 83 km winds on Saturday Weather Underground
Meow Weather is predicting cool temperatures on Satuday: high 24, low 20.

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Tinglish

Tinglish:  the imperfect form of English produced by native Thai speakers... wikipedia

Tropical Storm Haitang plans Sakon Nakhon visit

• Thailand National Disaster Warning Center Alert

Heavy rains in the upper Northeast. Nong Khai, Udon Thani, Sakon Nakhon, Mukdahan, especially Kan and Loei on 28-29 September 2554.

Thai Meteorological Department
Satellite Image

Tracking map of Tropical Storm Haitang
at Weather Underground.

• Forecast temperatures

	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat	Sun
MeoWeather	29/21	25/23	30/23	31/24	30/21	30/19	26/19
AccuWeather	30/24	28/24	29/28	31/23	30/23	28/24	28/24
FEELS LIKE	37/25	26/27	33/26	39/28	42/27	35/26	30/23
WeatherUnderground	28/21	26	30/22	31/23	30/23
Thai Meteorological	31/24	30/24	30/24	30/23	29/23	29/23

And the Next Visitor is..

It is still a bit uncertain if the much stronger Typhoon Nesat,
now located over the Philippines,
moves in a westerly direction or a northwesterly direction.
Some forecasters are predicting a direct hit on Sakon Nakhon sometime Friday.  

 Tropical Storm Nesat: Winds exceeding 101 km/h possible!!  

 

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"Bird...will sing for the first time in Mandarin rendering..."   

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Increased Rain Chances by Midweek

Today: Same as yesterday, mostly sunny.
Weather systems are moving from the east, chance of rain increases daily.
Sun 20%, Mon 40%, Tue 50%, Wed 60%, thereafter 70%

The first system approaching us is   Tropical Depression twenty-one
 Tropical Storm Nesat,  now approaching the Philippines is plotted to head in a north-easterly direction into China.
Nesat means "fishermen/fishing/fishers" in Khmer

Carabao performs in Sakon Nakhon, October 4

Thai Song:  Music For Life

 

 Pictures: 2004 Sakon Nakhon Performance

Carabao at WIKIPEDIA 

Sakon FC 1 Udon FC 1

First half ended scoreless.
Sakon FC scored early in the second half and seemed to have control of the game.

Udon scored with only one minute left to play.

Final game of the season will be held Saturday, October 1, when Sakon FC hosts Kalasin

The sky is clear, the sun is shining: Let's have a parade

It's still officially the rainy season. Lately though, sunshine has demanded more time over clouds and rainfall.
Time to restock the sunscreen, check the sun umbrellas and brimmed hats.
No one told me in advance of this parade. Heard the drums and ran like hell up to I.T.U.

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Thai style dinner delicacy

 Fried Wasp Larvae 

There were two quite large wasp nests on the property adjacent to my house.
They haven't bothered me, so I haven't bothered them. Besides, they eat a lot of other insects.

Very simple way to harvest the nest. Wait till it rains.  Wasps generally won't fly in rain!
Knock the nest out of the tree... let it fall into the water. Leave submerged for a few minutes.

For the nest higher up the tree, the tree branch was cut with the same effect:   Nest falls into the water.

Two wasp nests with rice: dinner for a family of six.

Collecting the larvae from the honeycomb type nest is a time consuming process. 
The larvae sell for 1 baht (3 cent) each at the local market