Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 5th January, 2017

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 5^th January, 2017

Today's weather;

It's as expected, dark, grey and very wet. Last night there was plenty of rain and it's now raining non stop since a few hours, from hard to a drizzle but relentless, all around Koh Samui. There's torrential rain expected until around 4pm, when the intensity of the rain is supposed to lessen but it still will continue to rain. Very strong wind to storm like conditions are expected, especially between 10am and 2pm. This is outside of normal monsoon conditions and hopefully we get through today without too much hassle. Still no power cuts but I won't be surprised if the power will cut sometime later today. Expect plenty of floods and they will last most likely until the rain stops. Once the rain stops, today or tomorrow, the floods tend to disappear rather quickly. Current temp at 7am is 25C
Update at 7.30am; it seems that all schools have been cancelled for today, despite that some had exams on the agenda.

The sky over Koh Samui yesterday, dark and heavy with rain. There was plenty of rain yesterday and plenty of floods, however, it didn't rain all day long and the breaks in-between the rain showers allowed most or all of the floods to recede rather quickly. Today may be a different story

Yesterday saw plenty of rain but with enough breaks in-between the showers to give the plentiful floods enough time to recede rather quickly all over the island. There was a strong wind as well, especially later during the afternoon and early evening and night. Max temp reached 27C

The forecast for today has already been explained at the top of this post, with the rain supposedly starting to slow down around 4pm. Tomorrow there will still be plenty of rain, but not as much as there will be today and the wind will slowly start to calm down. Saturday may still see a little bit of rain during the early morning hours and from there onward the situation should improve with the sun breaking out again and the rain pretty much gone until Thursday, besides a short shower here and there.

Batten the hatches for today though!

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