Further Extreme Weather forecast for the South of Thailand

[khaolakguy]

Very sad, they will have barely recovered from the previous flooding.

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People in southern Thailand have been warned to prepare for possible flash floods, overflowing waterways and landslides from Thursday to Sunday, as strong monsoon winds and heavy rain affect the region. 

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3163500/southern-thailand-on-high-alert-for-flash-floods-landslides

 

[PeterRS]

3 hours ago, khaolakguy said:

Very sad, they will have barely recovered from the previous flooding.

I wrote in an earlier thread that I stopped going to Phuket in December many years ago because the last time it rained every day. GIven what seems like the increasing possibility of monsoon rains at this time of year, I fail to understand why people fly in from places like Europe for family holidays.

[vinapu]

51 minutes ago, PeterRS said:

 I fail to understand why people fly in from places like Europe for family holidays.

it's still much nicer to get soaked by rain when it's +30 then just +3.

[PeterRS]

6 hours ago, vinapu said:

it's still much nicer to get soaked by rain when it's +30 then just +3.

When the whole point of a family holiday is sun, sand and swimming, rain is inevitably a considerable disappointment. People do nor fly thousands of kms for rain!

[khaolakguy]

11 hours ago, PeterRS said:

I wrote in an earlier thread that I stopped going to Phuket in December many years ago because the last time it rained every day. GIven what seems like the increasing possibility of monsoon rains at this time of year, I fail to understand why people fly in from places like Europe for family holidays.

Not sure what your personal inconvenience as a tourist many years ago on the west coast has to do with the death and destruction caused by extreme conditions on the east coast in the last month.

Now is the peak monsoon season for the east coast while the monsoons have normally passed by on the west coast. Personally I have been to Phuket many times in December and January and had great weather with only an occasional shower.

[PeterRS]

49 minutes ago, khaolakguy said:

Not sure what your personal inconvenience as a tourist many years ago on the west coast has to do with the death and destruction caused by extreme conditions on the east coast in the last month.

Now is the peak monsoon season for the east coast while the monsoons have normally passed by on the west coast. Personally I have been to Phuket many times in December and January and had great weather with only an occasional shower.

You do realise I assume that the distance between the east and the west in the south of Thailand is very small. Monsoon rains that quite regularly hit the west coast at the end of the year do sometimes affect the east, although the amount of rainfall may differ considerably.  Your experience differs from mine.

[vinapu]

9 hours ago, PeterRS said:

When the whole point of a family holiday is sun, sand and swimming, rain is inevitably a considerable disappointment. People do nor fly thousands of kms for rain!

I know people who fly thousands kms for boys and they don't care about the weather.

And those whose main point of vacation is to be far from home, treating good weather just as  a bonus.

[khaolakguy]

4 hours ago, PeterRS said:

You do realise I assume that the distance between the east and the west in the south of Thailand is very small

I do realise the distance as I have driven between coasts more than fifty times over the years(usually takes 4 or 5 hours depending on starting points and destinations). So the distance is not that small. 

Let’s hope that the people on the East Coast, where the devastation was recently, are not hit by the forecast repeat. The original devastation was reportedly the worst in 300 years. (and let's hope especially that the rain doesn't spoil anyone's holidays!)

For anyone thinking of holidaying in the South the general consensus has been that the rainy season on the East coast(Songkhla etc) is from October to December, while on the West coast(Phuket etc) it lasts from May to November.