Sunday, November 9, 2014

High pressure from China


16 provinces on flood alert  Bangkok Post:

WARNING: Intense stormy weather for Phuket this weekend (VIDEO)    

5:45 AM
Storm forces evacuation of 1000 workers from oil rigs in Gulf

During 8-12 November, another high pressure from China will extend to upper Thailand leading to thunderstorm over the North and Northeast. Morning cool will follow, together with a drop by 2-3 °C. The northeast monsoon will gain strength across the Gulf and the South of the country. The advisory will be effect on 8 November 2014 TMD 

Saturday, November 8, 2014

I'm baffled

Temperature earlier this afternoon was 26℃.
Easterly wind gusts up to 18 kph knocks that temperature down to feels like 23℃. 
The winds have subsided, but the temperature continues to drop. By 4 pm the temperature had dropped to 24 
Rain most of the afternoon, heavy at times was not predicted.  At the most TMD forecast 20% coverage
          
Some weather services are indicating the weather is arriving from the south-west, others are indicating its circling
         


There's a totally different picture at the NOAA weather loop indicating the weather is arriving from the northeast
Most weather services indicate no rain, it's hard to judge what is coming next.
 

Funny Mail



Leno Guest on Tonight Show

Had awaited with great anticipation the publicised visit of Mister Jay to the tonight show.  He starts of by bashing Thailand with a headline over two years old.  Let sleeping dogs lie, I say
Worth watching


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Rather than making the big spender tourists priority one, Thailand should put their focus on the middle class.  There are more of the middle class than the rich, a lot more. They are the ones who save their money for a year (or more) to experience a vacation of a lifetime.  If they enjoyed it, they'll definitely come back for more and their word of mouth is the best advertisement.   
At least that's my opinion


Pictured above is the bank transfer  rate of  US$ entering Thailand this week.  Similar trends are likely in other currencies. If the trend continues for a while it would greatly enhance tourism.  More Bang for your buck.   

Probably not going to happen, the rich would have to suffer 

accused of cover-up




"...the report says that Takata executives "ordered the lab technicians to delete the testing data from their computers and dispose of the airbag inflaters in the trash." "
At this time there are no indications that the problem has been noted in Thailand. 

USA turns on the deep freeze


Intense storm hitting Alaska's Aleutian Islands AOL.com



The cause may be global warming.  I expect wild extremes

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