Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 15th January, 2017

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 15^th January, 2017

Today's weather;

It's a bit hazy today and the sun is struggling to break through this morning around Koh Samui. The cloud cover may get more clouded during the remainder of the day. Current temp at 9.30am is 28C, still fairly cool and enjoyable.

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 15th January, 2017; Airplanes are completely on schedule again and are flying in over Big Buddha all the time again and at Samui airport it's according to schedule again. Things are back to 'normal' again around the island, however, there's been a lot of damage to the infrastructure around the island, like road surface damage, big holes are in the tarmac surface at many places and it will take months to fix this. My fear is that the holes will just filled with some tar, which will be a very short term solution, since these fillers will not hold for very long. Looking back at the the history of the island, this is most likely exactly what will happen.

Yesterday saw another very sunny and dry day and was exactly what was needed to forget a bit about the recent January floods. Due to the sunshine, many roads are actually completely dry again. Some other areas still have to deal with some water on the roads and there is also still a lot of water coming down from the hills. Max temp reached 32C yesterday.

The forecast predicts a cloudier sky tomorrow with possibly a short shower or two during the day. Come Tuesday however, there's supposed to be a strong storm like wind during almost all day long with plenty of rain. Looking at the forecast, there most likely will be flash floods again, maybe a day to better stay inside! Wednesday may see less wind and rain and come Thursday the rain and wind should mostly have gone, to have slight return on Saturday. It's not looking too great but by no menas as bad as during the recent floods.

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The next Green Market will be on Sunday 22nd January at Fisherman's Village

The next Green Market will be on Sunday 22nd January at Fisherman's Village

The next Green Market will be on Sunday 22nd January at Fisherman's Village at Elysia Boutique Resort and will start around 15.00 or 3pm.
As always this will be a great opportunity to buy lots of organic food, to eat on the spot or to take home but also fresh and organic produce will be on offer.

The next Green Market will be on Sunday 22nd January at Fisherman's Village at Elysia Boutique Resort at around 3pm

What is nice to see is that the Samui Green Market is proactive about NOT USING PLASTIC. 

At this market we will introduce "Trash Hero" bottles for both business owner and islander to join to save our island.

EVERYONE CAN BE A HERO! An excellent initiative and if you want to buy things, bring your own non plastic bags and the people selling are asked to get creative with bamboo, banana leaves or buy reusable, or paper!

The next Green Market will be on Sunday 22nd January at Fisherman's Village at Elysia Boutique Resort at around 3pm

A great location to get locally made and produced organic products, food and otherwise. I will be on the island and will surely make it over for a visit.

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Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 14th January, 2017

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 14^th January, 2017

Today's weather;

A nice blue sky emerged this morning out of the night over Koh Samui and it looks like it's going to be a nice and warm day with a current temp at 9am of 29C

Most roads are drying up although some spots are still partially flooded or wet, however, with weather like this, it will speed up the process of drying up the roads.

All dive and snorkeling boats are in full swing again. Time to book one your tours with me.

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 14th January, 2017: Koh Som on the left or middle of the picture with Koh Phangan in the background, yesterday, baking in the sunlight. This picture was taken at the Big Buddha statue which gives beautiful sights all around, especially with blue and sunny skies like yesterday

Yesterday saw a very nice and warm day around Koh Samui on Friday the thirteenth. We had a blue sky most of the day with occasionally some clouds drifting in. It felt good to have the sun on your skin again after all the recent rain and floods. Max temp reached 32C

The forecast didn't change a lot. Today and tomorrow should be fine with lots of sunshine and possibly a small and short shower tomorrow. From Monday onward, the wind is supposed to pick up for a day or three with currently light rain predicted on Monday and Tuesday, harder rain on Wednesday  and Thursday and fading out again by Friday.  This rain will however not be torrential but more like a typical monsoon rain, short or longer showers but not torrential. Floods should not occur, besides maybe a flash flood.

Unfortunately not much sunshine is expected next week.

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Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 13th January, 2017

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 13^th January, 2017

Today's weather;

A clear sky is emerging out of the night all over Koh Samui on Friday the 13th, with a full moon last night and it should become a nice and sunny and warm day. This will help the roads to dry up and the still flooded parts to recede. It looks like a great beach day! Current temp at 7am is 25C

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 13th January, 2017; Water pumps have been located at various parts around the island, to help the still standing water to reach drainage systems. This one is located near Fisherman's Village, on the ring road.

Yesterday was a bit of strange day, listening to various comments from around the island. Here in Plai Laem, we had a very sunny morning with some dark clouds surrounding us during the afternoon but ending with more sunshine. On the contrast, in Fisherman's Village and Maenam they had plenty of rain during the morning which caused plenty of flash floods in that part of the island.

The two times I went there, early morning and later afternoon, everything looked just fine, luckily I missed all the rain parts! Max temp reached 29C

The forecast for the next seven days didn't change that much, until Sunday it should be nice and sunny, with maybe an isolated shower on Sunday. As of Monday however, the rain may be back, combined with strong wind on Monday, but the rain should not be as torrential and over the top as we just had during the recent January floods, but more long the lines of a normal monsoon rain. The interesting part will be how the drainage systems will be able to handle the rain, since they're filled to the brim, if it's not torrential, they should be able to handle the rain fairly well.  It will be interesting.

Stay tuned for more updates and check my Koh Samui info and weather Facebook page as well. A link is listed below. 

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Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 12th January, 2017

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 12^th January, 2017

Today's weather;

We have the prelude of a blue sky over Koh Samui this morning and it's nice for a change to see a blue-ish sky shaping up. It's supposed to be partially cloudy today with most likely plenty of sunshine again. The roads are drying up, like the surface is dry but there are also still plenty of place where the water is still on the roads, partly run off water from the mountains. Current temp at 7am is 25C

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 12th January, 2017; Blue skies yesterday at Fisherman's Village and all around the island. What a relief!

Yesterday saw a lovely day around Koh Samui, from early in the morning through to later afternoon we had a partially cloudy sky with planet of sunshine all day long. Roads were drying up and water is receding everywhere. There's plenty of damage done this time around but now it's time to start fixing it again. Max temp reached 29C

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 12th January, 2017; There are still plenty of signs and proof of the devastating power and impact the January floods had. This is the entrance to Bophud temple, closed off due to a massive puddle directly at the entrance. Many road parts have been damaged, road surface has partly gone and many holes can be found all the roads around the island, This will take ea few months to fix all this and hopefully not by just pouring some asphalt into the holes, since that will not be a very long lasting solution.

The forecast for the next seven days is looking good until the weekend. Partially cloudy skies and no rain expected but instead some sunny skies for a change. Time to recover a bit from the recent floods.

After the weekend some rain is expected and predicted, especially Tuesday may see some harder wind and some harder rain. In general this is however a more 'normal' monsoon kind of rain and not anything like we recently experienced. It will be interesting however to see how the drainage systems around the island will handle a new set of rain, considering that every drainage system is filled to the brim with rain water.

Stay tuned and enjoy the sunshine for a few days.

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Spark Circus is to visit Koh Samui 20th and 21st January

Spark Circus is to visit Koh Samui 20th and 21st January

The Spark Circus is to visit Koh Samui 20th and 21st January at respectively W Resort and Dr Frogs, with a big show on the 20th at W Resort, starting at 8pm.

All four scheduled shows are to raise money for the Burmese refugee children in the North, in Mae Sot, where the Spark circus will go to teach and perform. 

Spark Circus to visit Koh Samui 20th and 21st January at W Resort with a big show on 20th January starting at 8pm

Spark Circus is an international nonprofit whose mission it is to promote health, positive well being, and a sense of hope in children who live in disadvantaged communities and living situations. It is their belief that by using educational classes in, circus, music, and performance art they can help to alleviate stress, burden, and fear that so often traps people in a cycle of violence and poverty.

Spark Circus to visit Koh Samui 20th and 21st January

This year the circus has 10 dedicated performers and teachers from; Vietnam, Canada, Australia, Burma, UK & the US. 

Spark Circus is a non-profit dedicated to bringing hope and laughter to the lives of thousands of refugee children every year. 

Beginning January 14th, the Spark Circus team will assemble on the islands of Koh Samui and Koh Phangan to do shows and raise donations for the project in a Sparkly Circus Bonanza. Following two weeks of fundraising, the team will travel and visit schools and orphanages in Mae Sot, the refugee camp Nu Poe, and the village of Mae Ke Kong for four weeks of playshop’s and intensives.

Spark Circus to visit Koh Samui 20th and 21st January

These exercises and activities are designed to encourage creative self-discovery in disadvantaged children in war-torn countries. The process of healing these children begins with laughter, and Spark’s performers and volunteers take pride in being able to give refugee children much needed respite from their traumatic situation.

Spark Circus to visit Koh Samui 20th and 21st January; Their full schedule for Koh Samui and Koh Phangan

“These children are escaping from a country which has been at war with itself for more than sixty years. Many are in danger of trafficking, while others face innumerable hardships,” says Charlene Whitehead (Director) .

'Our tour is designed to uplift and delight and we look forward to it!'

Spark Circus to visit Koh Samui 20th and 21st January

Spark Circus is a circus performance group who tries to deliver a spectacular extravaganza for children at migrant schools, refugee camps in Thailand, and villages on the Burmese side of the border, as well as, workshops and classes. They also offer classes to local teachers and other interested individuals, striving whenever possible to foster a spirit of community and oneness. It is their hope that they can bring people together and heal some of the emotional wounds the children face through the excitement of the circus arts. For more information on how you can help Spark Circus, visit their fundraising page here.

January 20 - W Resort - Koh Samui

January 21st Dr Frogs - Koh Samui

January 25th Eco Lodge - Haad Rin - Koh Phangan

January 27th Sanctuary - Koh Phangan

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Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 11th January, 2017

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 11^th January, 2017

Today's weather;

It's cloudy outside over Koh Samui but it's dry at the moment with just very little rain expected until the afternoon. The cloud cover is supposed not to be that strong anymore and it may break up at some stage, later today. Current temp at 7am is 25C

Since yesterday all schools have opened again around Koh Samui and we should really have seen the last of the January 2017 floods.

Update at 9am, it's been partially cloudy, there were some small openings in the cloud cover with blue spots to be seen. Nothing to get too excited about but it's a start!

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 11th January, 2017; As explained below, around 5pm we had very hard rain yesterday for an hour to an hour and a half which caused massive flash floods around the island since everything on the island is filled to the max with rain water. In Plai Laem water covered the roads to extents I never had seen before and was flowing down the road in massive streams. Within half an hour this massive flash flood was gone but many hot spots around the island were flooded again for a short while.

Yesterday saw a slightly wet morning with a variation of dry spells, drizzle and light rain. The afternoon was mostly dry until around 5pm when a thunderstorm passed over the island with very ahrd rain for an hour to hour and a half an light rain for at least another half hour. Due to the fact that the island is filled to the brim with rain water, some serious and very fast flash flooding occurred all around the island. The picture above shows the flash flood at Plai Laem. Within less than half an hour the worst flash floods were gone and it took a bit longer for the water to recede.

During yesterdays morning hours I ran a half marathon distance through many previously flooded hot spots and I could easily pass them without problems.

Max temp reached 27C yesterday

The forecasts predicts very light rain today during the morning and early afternoon after which the rain should have gone. According to the forecast, we should have partially clouded skies which implies that we may have sunshine as well later this week. We need to wait and see how this will pan out.

Let's hope it's now all behind us and done and over with.

After this coming weekend we may have some regular monsoon showers again, which hopefully will not cause any flash floods.

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Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 10th January, 2017

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 10^th January, 2017

Today's weather;

It's grey and cloudy and slightly wet over Koh Samui this morning, once more again. We have dry spells combined with a light drizzle to light rain. The cloud cover should part later today and we may have some more sunshine again, just like yesterday. 

Koh Samui airport is in full swing and the ferries have never really stopped operating at all, between the islands and between the main land.

The January 2017 floods are definitely and other parts of the South are being hit now, like Hua Hin and Prachuap Khirikhan.

Koh Samui is getting back to normal, all floods have gone, I just ran through a lot of previously inaccessible parts of the island because they were flooded, like Choengmon, Chaweng beach road, the Chaweng part of the ring road, Bophud traffic lights and towards Bang Rak. 21,5km and no problems. Hence the late update!

Current temp at 9.30am is 26C

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 10th January, 2017; Maenam near Soi 7 yesterday, when the sun broke out for a few hours during the morning. During the afternoon we had a few showers again

Yesterday saw some rain during he morning after which the sun broke through for a few hours just to be followed by some more rain. Most of the floods around the island had gone by yesterday. Max temp reached 28C

The forecast for the next seven days shows the wind dying off today combined with a few showers but also possibly more sunshine, just like yesterday. Later this week we should have partially clouded skies with possibly some light rain after the weekend.

Things are looking on the up side again.

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The first sunshine is back over Koh Samui again!

The first sunshine is back over Koh Samui again!

The first sunshine is back over Koh Samui again! The clouds opened up this morning after a night and early morning of hard rain, but not in the way we're used to. Nope, they opened up and let the sun shine through again.

The first sunshine is back over Koh Samui again!; Big Buddha basking in the sunshine again

Supposedly it's not completely over yet, today may come back and bite us in the tail end. Apparently hard rain is predicted for the early evening until around midnight but after that it really should be over with currently no rain being predicted for tomorrow and the sun is about to break through each day including next weekend.

The first sunshine is back over Koh Samui again!; The direct road to our house in Plai Laem was still being partially flooded but passable with a partial blue sky on top of it. About an hour later the floods had more or less cleared

A lot of the flooded areas have the water recede or are already clear of water. The Chaweng roundabout is cleared, at the Bophud traffic lights it's clear now, all the way back to Anantara resort and the rod to Nathon was already accessible since yesterday. Slowly but surely things are clearing up and there are just a few roads left which are flooded, with the water receding however,

The first sunshine is back over Koh Samui again!; Bang Rak bay now with blue skies for a change

It's time fr the weather to change, at last and bring on the sun again. It will still take a few days ti get things back to normal. There will be run off water coming down from the mountains for at least one more week, which may cause very local floods and the beach will take also a few days to a week to get up to scratch again. Lots of debris may need to be cleared and the water is brown and dirty at the moment, with possible big waves. This all needs to settle first and may easily take a week or so.
Soon the day trips boats may go out again, maybe tomorrow already. For snorkeling and diving, give it also a few days to a week for the water to clear up and let the visibility improve.
Enjoy folks, it seems that at last it's over!

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Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 9th January, 2017

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 9th January, 2017

Today's weather;

Once more, it's very grey, cloudy and wet this morning over Koh Samui. Hard rain went on in intervals all night and part of this morning all around the island, but at last the wind is supposed to drop soon and the rain to seriously slow down or stop soon during this morning, with some rain being expected again during the late afternoon, a kind of last call.

A lot of flooded areas where the water receded yesterday may have flooded again but I do expect them to drain again as well today. Current temp at 7am is 26C

'Only' 38mm of rain is expected during the next 24 hours around Koh Samui. A big difference compared to last week where the amount of rain sometimes easily exceeded 100mm per day.

Currently Krabi, Koh Lipe and Koh Lanta (where I will be later this month) are seriously hit with rain, storm and floods whilst Phuket is having loads of rain as well. Slowly the weather depression is shifting from the Southern East coast to the West coast.

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 9th January, 2017; The small island in front is Koh Som, located in the Bang Rak bay and in the background, covered in clouds is Koh Phangan, which has been seriously affected by the recent floods as well. This picture was taken yesterday afternoon during a dry spell

Yesterday saw a good day around the island, rain varied from a drizzle to light rain or no rain at times. This immediately had an affect on a lot of flooded areas, where the water receded and all around the island the roads were passable again. Last nights hard rain may have flooded a few areas again though. Max temp reached 27C

The forecast is looking real good. Today should see the last bits of rain, during the late afternoon and during the day the wind should start fading.  Tomorrow is currently predicted to be cloudy but dry and as of Wednesday the clouds should break up and possibly we can expect some sunshine. Wouldn't that be nice for a change.

The remainder of the week and the weekend shows partial cloud cover but no rain anymore. It's time we can feel that sunshine on our skin again!

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