1.6 inches (40.6 mm) of rain this evening in Ban Jan. Can see the moon now.

NO Rain Here on the Nong Khai Riviera, But VERY Humid just now so maybe on the way...

a nearly one hour gully-whumper on the east side of town outside the ring road.. I sat out in our sala with our 3 dogs and cat watching it. The initial gusts of wind were huge bending three large stands of bamboo near the sala at about a 30 degree angle... I'm glad we got it, now things will green up for a few days!

21mm on the west side

And STILL Nowt in Nong Khai Overnight either !!

No rain in Nong Wau Sor to speak of but very strong winds caused extensive property damage but thankfully no reports of personal injury to some villages in the Amphur during the night .

I kept pretty meticulous weather info on Udon for about 10 years.....until I became better acquainted with local weather patterns. I know it's possible to drop into the upper 30s in the winter and 105 in the hot season. I know it can can rain 13 inches in 6 hours and not rain for months at a time. That said, I can't say this is the rainiest March in the 20 years we've been here, but I'm guessing it is.

Almost 2 Inches on The Riviera During this mornings Thunderstorm......

based on the TMD website we got 32mm thus far today. Add that to the 60+mm last week and over 50MM the week before that and this month is gearing up to be a "wet" month. I hope if presages a cooler and slightly rainy April and a good rainy season. It might even be the oft predicted gully-whumping flood season for Udon which I think hasn't happened in nigh on 14 years..

FrazeeDK wrote:based on the TMD website we got 32mm thus far today. Add that to the 60+mm last week and over 50MM the week before that and this month is gearing up to be a "wet" month. I hope if presages a cooler and slightly rainy April and a good rainy season. It might even be the oft predicted gully-whumping flood season for Udon which I think hasn't happened in nigh on 14 years..

My byte brain cells tell me Aug 2001 was the year of the big flood. Loads of rain in the first 12 days of August, then the massive rain on 13 Aug. The same thing happens in a variety of places in Thailand every year....the storm lingers over one area for an extended period. No doubt, Udon will get it again....and only then will we know if the ring road flood control project (following 2001) actually works.

then again, I'm sure the Ring Road flood control was designed for a smaller Udon. With rampant development throughout Amphoe Muang filling in land left and right it is likely there will be a lot of surprises when the big one hits... Just in our area east of the horse racing track dozens of houses have been built meaning dozen of rai were filled and raised. This caused a number of roads to flood in the last couple of years. The fix?? Raise a number of roads by 60cm so they don't flood. Unfortunately the dozens of houses along that road now border what is essentially a dam so their houses in a heavy rain fill up with water as do many of the lower side roads. When (not if) the deluge hits it will be a sight to see.

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41c On The Riviera This Afternoon......

In the past week we've racked up over 7" of rain at kilo 18. 2" here, another 2" then 1" several times. On top of all the rain we had in March and April, we seem to be way ahead of the curve this year.
I'm not complaining!

Personally I'm getting a bit concerned, the canals haven't been kept clear in our area and the water has risen very high, to within a couple of feet of the top, I think if we get much more we might be in a little bit of trouble. Another problem is the damage it's done to the roads, we already had some pot holes, these have multiplied and got much deeper, fingers crossed.

I live in Nong Hin, Loei. We have had several months worth of rain in just the past several days. We are at about 1,000 feet above sea level here, so no major problems. I'd guess that some lower areas are under water and the rain doesn't look like it is finished.

Rained ALL Last night in Nong Khai from around 6.00pm,Still raining this morning with Very Heavy rain for a couple of hours from around 1.00pm Until 3.00pm....NO Floods yet, But at least I Don't need to water the garden,Or fill up the Pool Reckon it put about 3 Inchs in the pool...

Its been raining on and off about every 30 minutes today until 6pm when the heavens just opened. No wind, no T&L just huge amounts of water falling. Thank the Lord I was not driving. Lasted about 45 minutes. Seen some of the local farmers getting prepared for rice planting today. Thats nearly a month earlier than last year.

I've been making the wife drive in this rain. Good experience for her.