Extreme heat forecast
published : 20 Feb 2024 at 08:20
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
The Meteorological Department expects summer will start late this month and forecasts extreme heat in March and April, with temperatures of 43-45°C in some provinces.
The department said that this week temperatures in the upper part of the country would start to rise, except for the mountaintops in the upper North and Northeast.
The lower North, the Northeast, the Central Plain, including Greater Bangkok, and the East would accumulate heat, and the country would officially enter summer late this month, the department said.
The highest daily temperatures could be expected around 4pm this week, at 35-38°C, with respite only on rainy days.
"And this summer the weather will be hot, and extremely hot in many areas. The highest temperatures could reach 43-45°C in some provinces," the department said.
Such extreme heat would be 1-2°C higher than last year, and could occur in March and April, it said.
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Vocabulary
- accumulate: to get more and more of something over a period of time - เก็บสะสม, สะสม, สั่งสมมานาน
- extreme: much more severe or serious than usual - ที่รุนแรงที่สุด
- extremely: very; to a very high degree - อย่างมาก, อย่างยิ่ง
- forecast (verb): to say what you think will happen in the future based on information that you have now - ทำนาย, ทาย, พยากรณ์
- Meteorological Department: the government department in charge of determining what the weather will be in the future - กรมอุตุนิยมวิทยา
- occur: to happen - เกิดขึ้น
- respite: a short break or escape from something difficult or unpleasant - การหยุดพักชั่วคราว
