Meteorological Department Indicates that the rain in Thailand will start to decrease. It is expected to continue for 6 weeks, while the forecast for rain is 6 months in advance. Found that the high pressure factor from the Southern Hemisphere will extend to cover As a result, the amount of rain decreases. Signs of an El Niño situation are clearer. May shorten the rainy season this year Emphasizes that water management agencies are prepared to deal with
Miss Chomphari Chomphurat, Director-General of the Meteorological Department, said During this period, rainy conditions in Thailand still occur in some areas. but tends to decrease from the past Since the monsoon trough has moved up to lie across Myanmar and Lao PDR, only the southwest monsoon rain is left. As a result, the lower North Northeastern, western, central, eastern regions including Bangkok and its vicinity will have some areas of rain. But the upper southern and eastern parts that receive the monsoon wind will still have continuous rain and heavy rain in some places. especially in the evening to evening In the lower southern part, there is little rain during this period. The wind is moderate. off shore high waves Ask sailors and fishermen to exercise caution in sailing.
Miss Chomparee emphasized that From now on, the trend of rainy areas across the country will decrease. It is likely that there will be intermittent rain or if there is rain, but the quantitative distribution and less rainy areas are expected to continue for 6 weeks, may have to wait after mid-July for the rain to increase again.
According to the forecast difference from the normal mean of mean sea level air pressure (MSLP) and monthly precipitation 6 months in advance from July to November 2023, the high pressure factor from the southern hemisphere (yellow-orange) was found. ) is expected to spread out to cover and will result in less rain in Thailand especially in the south which must continuously monitor the impact In addition, the signal of entering the El Niño state began to strengthen (El Niño Watch), with sea temperatures consistently higher than normal. The Climate Prediction Center at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) expects to enter an El Niño condition in July. From monitoring the Meteorological Department found that last May Thailand's temperature is 1.4 degrees Celsius higher than normal, while the amount of rain is 26 percent less than normal and the El Niño influence will make October, which is usually the wettest month, but in the year 2023, the rain may disappear soon Causing the rainy season to be shorter, El Niño conditions are expected to continue until February 2024, which has sent data on the forecast of rainfall that will decrease by 5 percent to the water management agency to prepare. already
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Source: Thai News Agency