Rain, where art thou?

[747man]

A Light Shower ( 10 Minutes ) in Nongers last night...But hardly enough to wet the grass...

[Drunk Monkey]

in answer to the topic header ,,,,,,,,,,it appears all the rain is falling in the South of Isaan as was down there Monday Tuesday and heaviest persistant rain i can ever recall , very hazardous driving conditions and roads flooded etc ...got back to udon and apart from a brief storm shower its snuff dry .

A mate up in Nan province reckons there getting loads of rain as well so it appears its just our little part of the country thats remaining dusty ..there could be problems ahead .

DM

[FrazeeDK]

the normal rainfall for the month of August in Udon is about 270MM... Has anyone been tracking what our monthly accumulation is up to now??/ http://www.worldweatheronline.com/udon- ... ni/th.aspx Thai Met Dept. says Udon got about 56MM in the last 7 days.. http://www.tmd.go.th/en/province_weathe ... mber=48354

Of course even if we get average rainfall its still not going to fill up the Huai Luang reservoir or the Ubolratana Dam.. Judging from the high flood levels on the Mekong I guess the government should have gone forward with the plan they put out last year to pipe Mekong water over the watershed and let it flow into Huai Luang and from Nongbualamphu Province down to Ubolrat Dam.. I don't think the Mekong River Commission could have heartburn with the Thais doing that specifically when the Mekong is in Flood..

[parrot]

According to the chart....as of 23 Aug:
For the year Udon has received 925.3mm of rain. For the same period last year, 723.3mm. So we're up from last year by 200mm. We're at 66% of average for this time of the year, as compared to 52% last year.

The chart further details the amount of water in the area's reservoirs.........Huai Luang at 27%. Many others listed as well.

[noosard]

For the year to date Ban Jumpa has 881mm (20Ks west )
So that is pretty close to Udon's total
But August total only 156mm

[Khun Paul]

Forecast predicted for the next four weeks is rain most days, but considerably cooler which will have a positive effect, less heat less requirement for water especially the plants so what falls will stay underground and assist in filling up lakes etc.
We forget ALL weather is cyclical so this situation is not that new, it is just that since the last cycle man requires more and more water , and less is left for the land also in this country they do not have a system whereby all waste is cleaned and put back into the environment . The now becoming precious commodity is wasted, attitudes have to change.

[Khun Paul]

In the last few minutes 63.5 mmm has fallen and it is still gently drizzling so expect another 1-4 mm over the rest of the morning , not too shabby in Nongnakham

[Shado]

0.5 inch (12.7 mm) in the gage so far this morning in Ban Jan.

[Khun Paul]

Since my last report another 30 mm has fallen , a tad wet to be sure.

[747man]

Darkening Skies approaching from Udon-On-Mud,Expecting them to give The Costa some Rain shortly.....Oh ! There goes The 1st Thunder Bang !!

[parrot]

According to the chart....as of 23 Aug:
For the year Udon has received 925.3mm of rain. For the same period last year, 723.3mm. So we're up from last year by 200mm. We're at 66% of average for this time of the year, as compared to 52% last year.

The chart further details the amount of water in the area's reservoirs.........Huai Luang at 27%. Many others listed as well.

There's a comprehensive list of reservoirs in Thailand at http://water.rid.go.th/flood/rsvmiddle/rsvmiddle.htm if anyone's interested in water levels elsewhere.

I notice the nearby ?reservoir? in our jungle อ่างลำป่าค้าว (#4 on the list above) is virtually empty. It doesn't affect us......but there's a boatload of farmers who relied on that reservoir for farming......a Noah's boatload....far too many farmers sucked it dry. It'll take the effects of a typhoon to refill it.

[747man]

2 Hours since my last post & Still NO Rain on The Costa....

[747man]

Would You Believe it.....It's Raining Now,Well Drizzling Anyway....

[stattointhailand]

Thank chris t fer that ...... I've had the fans on full blast in Udon trying to blow some of it your way. Drenched again yesterday getting nipper from school, shower in mid evening and heavy rain for a fair bit of this morning and early afternoon (garden under water again for a while ). dry at moment, but plenty of cloud still about ...... no doubt waiting for me to step out of the door

[747man]

But Don't Yer Know " The Sun Shines on the Righteous " Which BTW It is Doing at The Moment....

[stattointhailand]

It's bloomin peeing down 'ere again .... can hardly hear myself think let alone type with the noise of rain on sun shades

[macca46]

Bucketing down in the city at the moment with plenty of light show and thunder.

[747man]

It's bloomin peeing down 'ere again .... can hardly hear myself think let alone type with the noise of rain on sun shades

Well Statts,It's 23.30 And I Hate to tell you this...Been A Great Lightning Show & A Few LOUD Bangs.....But Yet AGAIN,NO Rain......

[Khun Paul]

Actually in Nongnakham over 130 mm of rain since 4pm ish yesterday. Quite a deluge advantage of being on a hill, drainage not really a problem and all those lucky people down the hill get all the water.

[FrazeeDK]

out walking the dogs around the park on the east side near the race course about 5:30PM last night.. The wind rose and we could hear a roar of rain over near Nong Nakham and it slowly was creeping our way.. We hustled home and within an hour the deluge began.. Our two fish ponds gained at least 30cm's and for only the second time this year are high enough so they're joined.. The TMD site says 1900-0700 was 79.2mm, I'd say we got significantly more since the street in front of our house became a small stream during the downpour..