More heavy rain forecast
published : 13 Jul 2022 at 13:01
writer: Gary Boyle
Heavy rain in most of the country is expected to continue into Thursday, with strong storm winds forecast to whip up waves in the upper Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand.
The Meteorological Department said on Wednesday that a strong monsoon trough lies across the North into a lower-pressure area over the Northeast of Thailand. The strong southwest monsoon prevails over the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand.
Heavy to very heavy rain is expected in the North, the Northeast, the Central Plains including Bangkok and its vicinity, the East and the South.
The department said strong waves in the Andaman Sea are likely to be 2-4 metres high and more than 4 metres during thundershowers.
All boats should be proceed with caution, while small boats should stay ashore until Thursday.
In Nakhon Si Thammarat, a total of 343 houses were damaged when strong storms hit on Tuesday.
Vocabulary
- ashore: on land; towards, onto or on land, having come from an area of water such as the sea or a river - บนบก, เทียบฝั่ง, เกยฝั่ง
- caution: careful thought and lack of hurry in order to try to avoid risks or danger - ความระมัดระวัง
- Meteorological Department: the government department in charge of determining what the weather will be in the future - กรมอุตุนิยมวิทยา
- monsoon: the season of heavy rain during the summer in hot Asian countries - มรสุม
- prevail: to be the strongest influence or element in a situation - เป็นจริง, มีอำนาจเหนือกว่า
- thundershower: a short rain accompanied by the loud noise known as thunder - พายุฝนฟ้าคะนองที่ตกปรอย ๆ สั้น ๆ
- trough: a long narrow region of low air pressure between two regions of higher pressure -
- wave: a raised line of water that moves across the surface of the sea, ocean, etc - คลื่น
