Mostly cloudy, showery weather Friday through Sunday

TMD forecasts a 20% coverage for the province.  Could be here, could be there.

Sunday high 

• 23°C (accuweather) 
• 22° C (BBC)
• winds from NNE 13 km/h (accuweather) 
•  Gusts 22 km/h (accuweather)  

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2014 Thailand Tourist arrivals drop by 6.6%
Khaosod English

"24.7 million tourists visited Thailand in the year 2014.."

Source:Wikipedia

Of note are the hefty increases of tourism 2011-2013, guess who was prime minister then
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Biking Through the Phu Phan Mountains

January 18, 2015

Post by สกลนคร ซิตี้.

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Sakon Naskhon Red Cross Fair Concert Schedule

  
  
  

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Worsening Drought Anticipated

Interior Ministry helping 6 drought-affected provinces
thainews.prd
Drought stalking many provinces, over 1,800 villages hit 
The Nation
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Sanook Sky Festival by SakonNakhon

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Two day warm wave ends with Sprinkles

Got quite warm shortly after lunch yesterday, enough to keep a few indoor fans humming.
Overnight temperatures were quite pleasant.  Another fairly warm day in store today.
A good day to air out blankets, cause they'll have continued use later on this week.

• noticeable Cooling 
• Cloudy at times with the possibility of a DRIZZLE
    over the weekend

Thailand Meteorological Department Website

Upgrade

The Sakon Nakhon page of  TMD (Thailand Meteorological Department) had been off line for most of the holidays.  It is now up and running again with a complete facelift

Sakon Nakhon Forecast

Satellite Images

The Climate of Thailand

• Very informative document written in 2012.  The coldest temperature ever recorded in Thailand: -1.4ºC (29.48ºF), was in Sakon Nakhon on 2 Jan 1974

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Bone of ContentionStruggling together in opposition

Voting on impeachment cases may be moved forward
Thai PBS English News

Junta may drop cases against politicians for sake of peace
The Nation

Thailand’s Ruling Junta Threatens To ‘Take Action’ If Protests Occur
The Diplomat

• " Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra is expected to appear before the NLA on Friday to defend herself against impeachment charges over a controversial rice-pledging scheme..."

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Looking for Changes

The war on drugs brought in more drugs, and the war on terror created more terrorists.

Maybe next year we can have a war on money and jobs and see where it goes

(via wpm1965)

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