A bit about Phuket's weather.

Phuket's High Season is here!

2012-01-01T00:07:00.000+07:00

Blue Phuket skies, crystal Andaman waters, soft north-easterly breeze............ it's what we have all been waiting for! A perfect day on the beach! Take off your shoes, feel the sand between your toes............... you suddenly realise that you are in paradise!

Rawai, Phuket's Weather December 2011

2011-12-31T20:11:00.000+07:00

Live from the middle of the sea! Daily Weather Photos from Rawai Beach, Phuket. Click on a photo to see larger image and slideshow! Goodbye 2011! 30th December 2011 10.21am 30th December 2011 18.04pm 29th December 2011 09.41am 29th December 2011 17.30pm 28th December 2011 09.42am 27th December 2011 Only four days ago this rocky area was full of sand

รู้สู้ flood

2011-12-01T18:08:00.000+07:00

รู้จักน้ำท่วมให้มากขึ้น An excellent set of videos to explain the Bangkok Flood and what to do if you are in the danger area.

Rawai's Weather November 2011

2011-11-30T22:20:00.000+07:00

Live from the middle of the sea! Daily Weather Photos from Rawai Beach, Phuket. Click on a photo to see larger image and slideshow! 28th November 2011. 13.45pm Great clouds, great weather! 28th November 2011. 17.00pm Low tide at Rawai - great fun to explore! 27th November 2011 09.16am Perfect weather for a boat trip! 26th November 2011 09.48am The weather

Bangkok Floods and Food

2011-10-29T00:20:00.000+07:00

Floods and Food - only the 'L' makes them different! As flood water rushes in, food supplies rush out........... Due to the vast area that the flood water covers now, transportation is difficult if not impossible. Trains to the South cannot run from Bangkok and so have to be boarded further south, Don Muang Airport is closed but luckily Suwannaphum is still dry. With such a situation food

Floods in Bangkok

2011-10-15T22:17:00.000+07:00

As always with media coverage of natural disasters it is hard to know how much is true and how much is media hype. The 2004 tsunami was a good example of this when much of the coverage mixed up the worst shots from all countries leaving the general public confused as to how bad the situation was in any given place. The current flood situation is the same story. Thanks to

Landslides

2011-10-12T21:03:00.003+07:00

This month Phuket has had it's fair share of landslides. Several businesses along the by-pass road have had to evacuate and stay closed for several days already. One lane of the by-pass is closed to cars as a large crack has appeared in the built up section of the road, and I certainly didn't want to drive over that! See the story in Phuket Gazette Taking a drive from the place where I fill up

Tropical Cyclone Banyan

2011-10-11T22:47:00.001+07:00

Yet another storm is over the Philippines and heading west towards Thailand. Image taken from http://severe.worldweather.wmo.int/tc/wnp/index.html Today has been very wet and it looks like we will have more rain to come over the next few days. But one good thing about the weather here in Phuket is that as soon as the rain shower passes we seem to get sun, and sun and clouds together

The sun is back again!

2011-10-08T00:07:00.001+07:00

Phuket's Vegetarian Festival ended on the 5th October when the Emperor Gods where given a grand farewell as they returned to heaven. But it'e not only the Gods that have left, the rain seems to have disappeared too, well almost! Flood water quickly ran back out to sea and Bang Yai Canal has returned to it's normal calm (see post of the 3rd for early conditions) and the sky is blue again!

Tropical Depression Nalgae

2011-10-05T13:41:00.005+07:00

Probably the best place to get a clear picture of the weather in Phuket is from the satellite image issued by the Indian Meteorological Department - to see this on their website just click on the image below. This wet weather is being caused by Tropical Depression Nalgae as it enters Vietnam and heads for North Eastern Thailand. Looks like we will having rain for

October Showers

2011-10-03T18:17:00.000+07:00

A really wet start to the day, which was unfortunate for the Phuket Vegetarian Festival. as today was one of the most important processions, Jui Dtui Shrine's procession around Phuket Town. Starting around 7am. The rain stopped and started again and did so repeatedly for the whole morning, but that didn't stop local people and tourists lining the streets to pay their respects to the Emperor

Typhoon Nalgae

2011-10-01T21:54:00.001+07:00

October is here and brings with it threats of rain as the Philippines braces for a Category 2 Typhoon, Nalgae. The Philippines has already suffered several tropical storms and there is yet another storm froming in the NW Pacific, but here in Phuket we will need to wait and see just how this storm will continue, and for now I guess we just need to take an umbrella and go out and enjoy the annual

Autumn is here!

2011-10-01T00:29:00.000+07:00

A few repairs are under-way at Kathu Shrine in preparation for this year's Vegetarian Festival. A sign that 'autumn' is here with the Mid-Autumn Festival, or Moon Festival, taking place on September 12th. Closely followed 2 weeks later by the Vegetarian Festival that runs from 27th September to 5th October and marks the end of the rainy season.

Rawai's Weather October 2011

2011-10-01T00:08:00.000+07:00

Live from the middle of the sea! Daily Weather Photos from Rawai Beach, Phuket. Click on a photo to see larger image and slideshow! 31th October 2011 15.11pm The last three days have been the same- brilliant sunny mornings then at the time the sea turns from high to low tide comes a major gush of wind accompanied by a short but heavy rainstorm, then everything returns to normal

Rawai's Weather September 2011

2011-09-30T21:37:00.000+07:00

Live from the middle of the sea! Daily Weather Photos from Rawai Beach, Phuket. Click on a photo to see larger image and slideshow! 30th September 2011 16.00pm Naka Temple nr Phuket Town The weather is holding out for the Vegetarian Festival, thankfully! 29th September 2011 09.09am The sun is back again! 29th September 2011 08.51am 28th September 2011 10.20am

Rain or Shine

2011-09-04T23:25:00.000+07:00

Another crazy weather day! From somewhere around 5am the rain started to pour and by 8am it seemed like it was never going to stop! Having closed the restaurant at Bon Island and taken the day off work due to such terrible weather, it was a bit of a shock to find that by 10.30am it was hot and sunny as if there had never been any rain at all. However the puddles and piles of leaves and

Rawai's Weather August 2011

2011-08-31T23:19:00.000+07:00

Live from the middle of the sea! Daily Weather Photos from Rawai Beach, Phuket. Click on a photo to see larger image and slideshow! 30th August 2011 09.28am The sun has come back again! 28th August 2011 10.05am After a very heavy rain storm brought strong winds, waves were large - difficult to believe that only an hour or so later, people were happily swimming and

A Sad Day for Rawai Beach

2011-08-26T20:43:00.000+07:00

Heavy rain and strong wind at around noon today were probably the last factor to bring down one of the old pine trees that line Rawai's beach front, and are a symbol of Rawai Beach to both locals and tourists alike. To see more photos visit Rawai's blog.

Rain causes chaos in Phuket

2011-08-25T22:10:00.002+07:00

24 hours of heavy rain caused flooding in various parts of Phuket, delayed flights and caused one death from electrocution. See story on Phuketwan. Traffic came to a standstill, some roads were temporarily closed until the water subsided, thanks to help clearing blocked drains by the police and local council. In Kathu a landslide caused a house to slip down a hillside, over a

Rawai's Weather July 2011

2011-07-31T23:16:00.000+07:00

Live from the middle of the sea! Daily Weather Photos from Rawai Beach, Phuket. Click on a photo to see larger image and slideshow! Sadly I decided to start this blog a little late and missed the beginning of the rainy season. It hasn't been much like a rainy season at all as you will see from the images below! 25th July 2011 25th July 2011 22nd July 2011 Six Senses

Phuket flight forced back to Bangkok

2011-07-26T23:00:00.000+07:00

7.30am. on my way to the market. Some serious cloud in Phuket today, coming in from the SW and bringing some heavy rain. It didn't last long, and by late morning the sun was shining again, so typical of the weather in Phuket at the moment. But maybe today was special as it was the first time in 15 years that a Thai Airways flight was unable to land at Phuket International Airport and had

Just another day in Rawai, Phuket.: Rawai Revisited

2011-07-06T22:27:00.003+07:00

Perfect weather for a trip to the small islands off Phuket, just pick up a boat along Rawai Beach! If you like the more traditional side of Phuket, Rawai is a great place to spend the day, see more at this blog: Just another day in Rawai, Phuket.: Rawai Revisited

What happened to Phuket's rainy season?

2011-07-06T21:52:00.000+07:00

It is really hard to believe, with blue skies and temperatures up in the 30's, that this is Phuket's rainy season! The weather is actually much better than it was in March and April!

Tsunami Detecting Radar System for Phuket

2011-06-14T21:08:00.004+07:00

Several months have now passed since the horrific tsunami in Japan, more than a year since the 8.8 earthquake in Chile and almost 7 years since the tsunami of 2004. Everyday people still ask me about what happened hear in Phuket, for some it's still a hard story to tell, I was luckier. So today it was good to see the news of a radar system to be installed here in Phuket and other provinces of

The rainy season is here again!

2011-05-21T19:40:00.003+07:00

The rainy season, which recently has been renamed as the 'Green Season' and then renamed as the 'Summer Season' is for most of us still the 'rainy season' . For any of you that have been to Phuket at this time of year, you will already know that 'rainy' is also 'sunny' and that the weather can be just as beautiful as the 'high season'. Personally, though, the stormy skies are much more exciting