The south will rise again

I'm talking weather here. When a cooler system from the north and a warmer system from the south converge on us.    You probably noticed a very windy period yesterday.  Saw a dust devil (not the vacuum cleaner) before the football game yesterday.  It only lasted one or two minutes.  I wasn't ready with my camera.  It looked a lot like this video During the game wind gusts created smaller dirt devils from dust raised by ballplayers. Wind gusts were quite strong and there were times when I thought those 'tents' were close to going airborne.  Expect occasional wind gusts in the 20 km (37m) range over the next few days.    Dry temperatures (low humidity) tend to get quite dusty.  Sediment in the swimming pool, dusty floors. Time to do a bit of regular house maintenance. Dust off the electronics under the refrigerator and freezer, clean aircon filters, any electronic devices. Dust inhibits heat dissipation, shortening the life of your devices.

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Wear protection

UV RATING ALERT Wed  Feb 15 Thu  Feb 16 Fri  Feb 17 Sat  Feb 18 Sun  Feb 19 Mon  Feb 20 Tue  Feb 21 8 very high 10 Extreme 10 Extreme 9 very high 9 very high 10 Extreme 9 very high Excessive exposure can lead to cataract, other eye diseases, and skin cancer.

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Time to dust off your fans and air conditioner

Cool Season ends this weekend in Sakon Nakhon By Tuesday realfeel temperatures could reach 36 - 40 (97F - 104F), nighttime temperatures 19 - 21 (66 - 70F)

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Slight change in Thai baht

Bank Transfer US$ to Thai฿

Ding Dong BBQ luncheon

Ding Dong Place is having a rib BBQ and coleslaw luncheon starting at noon today, price 199 THB ← Temperature at 6:30 this morning. Slow warming trend this week. Expect some unusually high temperatures next week FL40 possible). Temperatures still doing the wave (up and down) till the middle of next month. Pool season begins middle of March Sakon FC had a disappointing start of the season with a 2-1 loss against Roiet. Sakon FC next hosts Yasothon United. Yasothon came away with a draw in their season opener.

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Sakon Nakhon 1 Roiet 2

Sun High 28C 82F  Low  12C 54F	Mon High 28C 82F Low  14C 57F	Tue High 31C 88F Low  15C 59F	Wed High 31C 88F  Low 16C 61F	Thu High 31C 88F Low  17C 63F	Fri High 32C 90F Low  17C 63F
Songkran (Apr 13- 17) feels like 39 102 to 41 106

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Cool weather and flu season

Sat High 28  Low  12	Sun High 28  Low  13	Mon High 28  Low  14	Tue High 29  Low  15	Wed High 31  Low  16	Thu High 31  Low  17

Sakon Pattana Field
Flu season has arrived
Chilly Weather

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Thai Baht February ↗↗↗

Bank Transfer US$ to THB that's the dollar value stepping down

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Thailand has mellowed me

Fourteen years ago I arrived in Thailand and with the exception of a few hours in Laos in 2005, I have not left the country. Much has changed in all those years and I have captured many of my experiences in pictures. An average of 6,000 pictures per year. Mostly happy moments, but also some sad moments of friends passing. Plenty strange experiences, or at least I thought they were strange at the time. Rumor has it there were only about 300 farang "residing permanently in the entire province.  Don't know what the present numbers are, but I would guess over a thousand.  The city has grown tremendously, and so have prices.  During those early years you could spend 59 baht in an all you can eat restaurant. These days it's mostly 199 baht. There were no chain stores in town, in fact monthly shopping trips to Udon was almost a must.    The first farang restaurants I heard of in the city were Colin's and Ned's places which opened in 2005.  They and many other restaurants have come and gone.

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