December 2006 Weather Archive for Phuket

Friday December 22nd

Well no white Christmas here! Starting cloudy 32c on Saturday, then sunny until Tuesday when we will have a light shower. The sea has been a bit choppy lately with Diving visibility dropping to 20 meters in places in the Similan.

Tuesday December 12th

The weather for the week ahead is a lot of scattered clouds, maybe a chance of a bit of rain and thunder overnights. But it will stay around 30c.This will continue until around Saturday or Sunday. You have to come back on Friday to see what the weekend weather is going to be like.

Thursday December 7th

A bit cooler down to around 27 -28c, with a nice breeze, later it is forecast a shower or two overnight, the expected winds over the last few days had changed direction and are heading south to Indonesia. Friday forecast 32c with a few clouds.

Wednesday December 6th

Depression 'Durian' hits Thai south; 5,000 tourists stranded

BANGKOK, Dec 6 (TNA) - The Meteorological Department has issued a warning of the depression "Durian", saying it was to make a landfall in the southern provinces of Surat Thani and Nakhon Si Thammarat on Wednesday.

Following its passage across the Philippines and then Vietnam, Thailand's weather department said the depression, downgraded from its earlier status after losing much of its destructive capacity, still packs 50 kilometre per hour winds in the Gulf of Thailand, and is moving westward at a speed of 20 kilometres an hour. The weather authjorities forecast that the storm would trigger heavy rain in Prachuap Khirikhan, Chumphon, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phatthalung, and Songkhla.

Local residents living in at-risk areas in these provinces should brace for heavy downpours Wednesday and Thursday (Dec. 6-7).

Strong winds and waves as high as two to four metres are expected in the Gulf of Thailand, with small boats advised to stay ashore. Meanwhile, the storm has caused heavy rain in the tourist islands of Koh Samui, Koh Pha-ngan, and Koh Tao, and prompted all boat services to halt their operations.

Only ferry services to and from Samui island still operating. About 5,000 tourists have been left stranded on Pha-ngan and Tao islands.

Sunday December 3rd

Hot and sunny with 32 Degree Celsius and no wind can melt some one on the beach while other are bathing in the sun. Water is calm and great condition now at the Similan Islands. No more thermal climes and great visibility.