Rain, where art thou?

Post by **rick** » September 17, 2015, 7:47 pm

Udon's water source still on 24%. Although we have had rain last 3-4 days, only a few millimetres until this evening - when we had a little more, maybe a centimetre.....

Post by **12345** » September 17, 2015, 9:47 pm

Rained heavy duty out in NaDi, and a bit more than 1 cm.

24 % ........ does that mean the city is doing a bit of rationing over there.???

Post by **Khun Paul** » September 18, 2015, 5:25 am

Just measured my water rainfall bottle about 4 cms in the last 3-4 days. ground water up as the whole garden is sodden.
Not too bad but in honesty a bout of gentle rain for a few days more would be better.

Post by **joepai** » September 18, 2015, 3:47 pm

Love this - just laying turf =D>

Post by **rick** » September 19, 2015, 11:45 am

Water rationing? How would that work?!!! (Do they even have a plan for Udon?). Mind you, haven't seen them watering the plants on the central reservations on the dual carriageways around town the last 3 weeks, but hardly necessary. We are making sure all our rainwater jars stay topped up; this year i think we may need them. Rain last 36 hours has had a visible affect on the ponds, but still a way to go.

Post by **Aardvark** » September 21, 2015, 9:12 am

Just carried away .... http://www.bangkokpost.com/vdo/thailand ... rried-away

Post by **noosard** » September 21, 2015, 9:20 am

A bit like Toowoomba a few years back

https://www.google.co.th/url?sa=t&rct=j ... Vnn1dc0g4A

Post by **parrot** » November 14, 2015, 6:25 pm

My new Swiss neighbor installed a rain gauge on a piece of pvc pipe yesterday. I laughed at him..."Are you dreamin?". And on the way home from town yesterday, my wife spotted a small cloud in an otherwise blue sky and commented, "maybe it'll rain." I laughed again. And when we woke this morning, the ground was damp......so on the way to the temple, my wife brought an umbrella. I didn't laugh, but I considered it not necessary. By 8:30AM, I was wondering whether we'd need a boat to return home. My neighbor's rain gauge posted 2.25" of rain. At this time of the year, that's a big blessing!

Post by **noosard** » November 14, 2015, 6:37 pm

Unless you are are busy harvesting
Here we got 5mm so enough to wet the dust

Post by **waanjai** » November 14, 2015, 8:08 pm

Please no further rain. We are harvesting our rice. And early December we have the provincial fair in Udon. Thai Thanksgiving.

Post by **Khun Paul** » November 15, 2015, 6:26 am

The mem sahib stated rain not harvesting OK, Monday start to harvest so no rain. I said it might be wet..No problem was the answer.

Post by **parrot** » April 16, 2016, 9:09 pm

BP today reports Ubonrat Dam at 1%. The link below shows Huai Luang (Udon's dam) at 8%
http://www.thaiwater.net/DATA/REPORT/php/rid_bigcm.html

Post by **Brian Davis** » April 17, 2016, 5:14 am

Wife reckoned reports of rain next week? - mind you she DIDN"T win the lottery this time.

Post by **Hoopoe** » April 17, 2016, 6:59 am

ACCU weather forecast t/storms afternoon all week , bring it on , somethings gotta give ,

Post by **Lone Star** » April 17, 2016, 9:47 am

Post by **12345** » April 17, 2016, 10:13 am

Hoopoe wrote:ACCU weather forecast t/storms afternoon all week , bring it on , somethings gotta give ,

Don't hold your breath...........all of 20 % chance.

Post by **Khun Paul** » April 17, 2016, 10:26 am

In 2003/4 we had no rain to speak of until June, from October the previous year, the new garden landscaped dropped by two inches as the underground water was eroded due to lack of moisture. Since then we have had a reasonable amount every year some more than others. But not the amount required to keep the ground water topped up, so now we are reaping the loss of not only the ground water but also the rain .
partly due to the mis-management of water , luckily here we have a pretty good water management system , thereby ensuring that water seems to be available to most , not all in truth but most.
many people think that those that store water more than 2-3 thousand litres are silly, well maybe they are but I expect that they are not suffering now.
In any country where water supply is not statutorily maintained for the benefit of the population you must make your own provisions to maintain your supply if at all possible.
The number of new houses being built with little or no method of collecting the rain water in one of my pet hates as well as seemingly lack of waste water collection back into the ground generally seems to over the years spell disaster, where there was a system it has either been built over or blocked leading to localised flooding .

In truth the Thais are reaping what they sow, lack of any sort of water management is now showing itself up in lack of water for many people and the inability to manage farms which grow the foods the majority eat.

rain when it comes will be most welcome I am sure however as most of the first rainfall will disappear into the ether as the ground is too hard to absorb it, what we really need is gentle rain daily 8-10 hours for at least 10 dyas to stand any chance of rehyradting the ground and cooling down the locality.

Post by **parrot** » April 17, 2016, 2:37 pm

105.4 in the shade today......oppressive!

Post by **Hoopoe** » April 17, 2016, 4:13 pm

45 in shade at my house today would up load pic but don't know how

Post by **Hoopoe** » April 18, 2016, 5:15 pm

Accu weather got it right again rain shower followed by a swift drop in temp to 34 degrees