Weather in Hua Hin & Thailand

[PeteC]

Ref the above about the new storm, below is a forecast from another source. HH and me in Rayong seem to be in the dark green areas. Pete

http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-n ... n/19898559

[Terry]

Cheers Pete - just recovering from the last lot.......

[PET]

This outlook for the Hua Hin weekend does not look too bad, particularly when compared to what happened last week - here's hoping !

http://www.accuweather.com/en/th/hua-hi ... her/320151

[hhfarang]

Pete, according to today's hourly report on that same site (Accuweather) we should be having rain and thunderstorms right now and it is blue skies and sunny... so I think weather reporting is still an art rather than a science.

[PeteC]

Satellite Image

http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/w ... ul?map=sat

Advisory
"Tropical Storm PODUL"
No. 8 Time Issued : November 14, 2013

At 10.00 p.m. on 14 November, the tropical depression in the lower South China Sea which upgrade to tropical storm and lay centered about 500 kilometers east of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam or at latitude 12.0 degree north and longitude 112.0 degree east with maximum sustained winds about 65 km/hr. The depression was moving west at speed 20 km/hr.

It is forecast to downgrade and move across southern Vietnam, Cambodia and cover the East, the Gulf and the upper South of Thailand during 15-17 November. More rain and isolated heavy rain are expected in the lower Northeast, the East, the Central and the upper South, the areas include Rayong, Chanthaburi, Trat, Ratchaburi, Phetchaburi and Prachuap Khiri Khan. The stronger wind wave 2-3 meters high is likely in the upper Gulf of Thailand. Small ships keep ashore during the period.

[Dannie Boy]

Pete, according to today's hourly report on that same site (Accuweather) we should be having rain and thunderstorms right now and it is blue skies and sunny... so I think weather reporting is still an art rather than a science.

They were obviously a few hours out, but we got heavy rain in the evening and according to the forecast from Pete, a lot more still to come over the next 1-2 days, so batten down the hatches again!!

[PET]

Pete, according to today's hourly report on that same site (Accuweather) we should be having rain and thunderstorms right now and it is blue skies and sunny... so I think weather reporting is still an art rather than a science.

They were obviously a few hours out, but we got heavy rain in the evening and according to the forecast from Pete, a lot more still to come over the next 1-2 days, so batten down the hatches again!!

I think the ACCUWEATHER WEB SITE http://www.accuweather.com/en/th/hua-hi ... ast/320151
is very good. For the layman it is clear and very informative and compared to the following Thai Met page http://www.tmd.go.th/en/province.php?id=71 considerably more accurate.

[PeteC]

This new storm in the above satellite image is really moving fast. Wherever it's going to hit here, it should be all finished by Saturday evening. Pete

[PeteC]

Looking at the satellite and radar most of this storm seems to have fizzled. The only storms seems to be around Chumphon. Pete

Advisory
"Tropical Storm “PODUL”"
No. 13 Time Issued : November 16, 2013

At 04.00 a.m. on 16 November, the active low cover the upper Gulf of Thailand causing more rain are expected in the the East, the lower Central and the South, and isolated heavy rain in Prachuap Khiri Khan, Chumphon and Surat Thani. The stronger wind wave 2-3 meters high is likely in the upper Gulf of Thailand. Small ships keep ashore during 16-17 November.



The advisory will be effect on 16 November 2013 at 5.00 a.m.

[Dannie Boy]

There may not be that much rain today (thankfully), but it's one of the coldest days I can remember.

[richard]

There may not be that much rain today (thankfully), but it's one of the coldest days I can remember.

I've got a shirt on and we haven't got to the winter week yet

[hhfarang]

Cold? Less hot for a change would be a more apt description. You know you've been in Thailand too long when you think 25 degrees is cold! That's what it is outside right now. I grew up being taught that 72 degrees (22c) was normal comfortable room temperature and you're talking cold at 25...

Cold doesn't even start until you get below 50 degrees F (10c).

[PeteC]

I spent a month in San Francisco back in June/July where the morning temps at dawn were 10-11c. I was wearing my son in law's winter coat while sitting by the pool drinking morning coffee! Absolutely my body never acclimated for the entire month. Pete

[Dannie Boy]

Cold? Less hot for a change would be a more apt description. You know you've been in Thailand too long when you think 25 degrees is cold! That's what it is outside right now. I grew up being taught that 72 degrees (22c) was normal comfortable room temperature and you're talking cold at 25...

Cold doesn't even start until you get below 50 degrees F (10c).

It's all relative HHF, yes your right when you say it's only cold for Thailand, as opposed to where we grew up, but I've got used to sitting outside without a shirt on but today even with a small t-shirt on it felt quite nippy. Having looked at the UK temperatures of about 9C, I'm feeling a lot warmer!!

[hhfarang]

I spent a month in San Francisco back in June/July where the morning temps at dawn were 10-11c. I was wearing my son in law's winter coat while sitting by the pool drinking morning coffee! Absolutely my body never acclimated for the entire month. Pete

Pete, someone once said "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco". That's because it is on the end of a peninsula surrounded by the cold waters of the Pacific ocean and generally has strong winds blowing through the city off those cold waters. It can be 60 above and feel like 5 below zero because of the wind chill. I can't tell you how many times we left a 90 degree San Jose for a day trip to San Francisco and had to buy jackets or sweatshirts once we got there. We just never seemed to learn or believe that it could be that much colder 45 minutes away in central California.