BBC News weather forcast for Udon Thani

[threelegcowboy]

Can anybody tell me why on BBC News weather forcast that Udon Thani shows up on the Asian map? Important citys like Bangkok, Hong Kong etc and there it is UDON THANI. Even Vienchien is not shown. Looks like Udon is some hugh landmark! This probally shown every hour on TV.

[westerby]

Just guessing - maybe because they've picked up on the fact that UTH is pinged quite a lot on t'internet by ex-pat Brits for the weather, so they've placed it on the map. I can imagine that there's quite a few Brits with links to UTH these days...

jus' guessin' Boss.

[Marmite The Dog]

^ Is Pattaya on there too?

[threelegcowboy]

Just two in Thailand...Bangkok and UdonThani

[BobHelm]

I think westers probably has it pretty well sussed in his assessment.
The BBC (whether people like their news coverage or not) are a pretty well clued up organisation and are pretty dam good at the internet & web data.
I suspect that not too many people who visit Patters care one jot about the weather Marmite - but that could just be my prejudices showing through

[lee]

I'm guessing they choose Udon because it's the furthermost (major) northeastern city. It's not worth listing Pattaya because of it's close proximity to Bangkok.
I'm puzzled why Chiang Mai's not listed.

[westerby]

I'm puzzled why Chiang Mai's not listed.

No idea, I was just guessing as well. Maybe it's as simple as a man at the BBC thinking he'll identify the capital and A N other city in the north. Nice to see that UTH is literally on the map though.

[Stantheman]

Since I am in U.S. now if I want to check on forecast/weather for Udon I go to www.wunderground.com which gives many forecast and current conditions around the world

[westerby]

Since I am in U.S. now if I want to check on forecast/weather for Udon I go to http://www.wunderground.com which gives many forecast and current conditions around the world

Nice site, Stan.

[jackspratt]

Also have a look here http://www.weather.com/services/

You can see a box that talks about a Firefox add-on. If you install it you have the weather for whichever city you like (I use Nong Khai, but also has Udon etc) displayed like a widget along the bottom of your screen, above the Taskbar.

You can easily click and get radar maps, 10 day forecasts, etc etc.

[Khun Paul]

4-5 years agao I did write everyday to the BBC via email complaining that in Thailand were an awful lot of expats and they skimmed over Thailand then in fact if it was mentioned at all is was a miracle.
Now they concentrate on SE Asia and they put Udon on the map, I am not saying it was me, but after about 6 months something happend and i was surprised, yes maybe not only me but others complained and they saw the error of their ways.

Anyway it is good isn't it no matter how it got there.

[UdonExpat]

Maybe it's because Udon city has the most population of any city outside the Bangkok metro area.

For whatever reason I like seeing it when they do the weather.

[macduff]

Maybe the BBC weather program producer has intrests in Udon Thani after a visit to Thailands entertainment complex

[Galee]

More likely that it's slap bang in the middle of no where and the name doesn't obstruct any where important.

[pompui]

Just seen the latest BBC weather on the news,Udon Thani is no more,now only showing Bangkok and Vientianne.

Seems the chatter on the forum recently has not been deemed by the BBC as important enough

[jackspratt]

If it is not on the BBC, does that officially mean that Udon doesn't have weather any more?

[BKKSTAN]

Must have missed it.I watch the BBC and CNN daily on UBC and most of the time they show Bangkok weather,but I have never seen Udon Thani weather shown !

[Wisdom]

I don't know about maps, but every day i check out on BBC website my weather forecast just out of South London (which is based on an area about seven miles of where i live for some reason), then, Udon Thani. As a future expat there , it is interesting to check the daily weather in the area. For a fair while, its been 'Heavy Rain Shower' every day, but i still check it out daily, even in the 'rainy season! I am also interested in the weather of Loei, but they don't do Loei on the BBC, luckily CNN Weather does, so i'm sorted.

By the way, off topic but , i missed it, where did westerby go?

[saint]

If it is not on the BBC, does that officially mean that Udon doesn't have weather any more?

its obviously a scam jack , they dont want us farangs to have weather anymore !!!!!! lets face it ,weve been shafted again ....... i thought things were pretty bleak in phuket , after a certain individual painted it a darker shade of black , but you can still get weather down there , at farang prices of course , as obviously that too is controlled by the local mafia and corrupt police force !!!!!!!!

[polehawk]

BBC won't tell you about the weather in beautiful, downtown Udon? Try downloading the Weather Channel on your desktop. http://www.weather.com/services/downloads/?from=footer

Yahoo Weather also gives an accurate forecast of weather conditions in Udon.