Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 1st November, 2011

Today's weather;

Koh Samui's sky is a mixed bag this morning, as the picture below proofs. Blue spots with white fluffy clouds in it. It looks like another nice day. Current temp at 7am is 25C

My apologies for the look of the screen today, Blogger has been messing around, I'll try to fix it later.

The forecast remains good for the net 7 days, rather unusual for this time of the year and I wouldn't be surprised if this years rainy season will be a minor event, although, don't quote me if all of a sudden rainy season 'hell' breaks loose at some stage, later this month.

The 7-11's around the island and Tesco Lotus have been re-stocked and our local 7-11 had bottled water and plenty of bread yesterday.

Yesterday saw a gorgeous day around Koh Samui, sunny all day long under a near perfect blue sky. It wasn't until the early evening that a few minor showers cooled things down. Max temp reached 30.7C

My current PADI IDC on Koh Samui is half way, have look at my dive blog!

The sky over Samui this morning

In Bangkok things seem to have passed the summit but it's still a long way before things are back to normal and it take at least 10 days to drain the majority of the city.

The Western part of the city is bearing the brunt of the flood and Suvarnabhumi airport in the Eastern part of the city is confident it will stay open. Here's another photo gallery of the city floods.

Once more the importance of social media has been proven during the current flood crisis.

However, the premier said a critical mass of water had already been diverted away from the capital, while the governor feared another 'wave' would hit the western part of the city.

After the Flood Relief Operation Command suggested city residents move outside Bangkok in the wake of major flooding, Chon Buri has turned out to be the most popular destination for Bangkokians fleeing the flood. Our trip to Pattaya is still scheduled to start 3rd November, it will be interesting to see how busy the city will be.

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Camille