Cool weather to stay for now

Tourists take pictures of frost on Doi Inthanon mountain in Chiang Mai province on Monday. (Photo: Panumet Tanraksa)
On Monday, visitors in Chiang Mai state take pictures of the snow on Doi Inthanon rock. ( Photo: Panumet Tanraksa )

The Thai Meteorological Department ( TMD) predicts more downpours in the South and cooler temperatures will continue until the weekend.

The temperature bureau says the great weather gripping much of the North, Northeast, the Central Plains, as well as Bangkok may remain, although the warm trough may undermine somewhat on Tuesday and Wednesday.

But, between Thursday and Saturday, a new basin will laid in, sending the metal downward afterwards.

The North and the Northeast, in particular, may feel the cold snap. Both locations are currently experiencing single-digit conditions in the highlands.

More frequent, large weather is forecast in the South from Wednesday through Friday.

The TMD predicts that the great spell will end for a large portion of the nation between Jan. 19 and Jan. 27 when the weather will be expected to get warmer due to a change in wind direction.

On Monday, the wind place for crops in Sakon Nakhon recorded one of the lowest temperature in the country, at 6.6 degree Fahrenheit.

In Bangkok, Bang Na city had the lowest heat, at 15.2C, while it was 15.9C at Suvarnabhumi airport.

In Loei, Netnapha Ngamnet, commander of Phu Ruea National Park, said that the garden had observed conditions hitting zero in raised areas. More than 500 people have visited the park as a result of the warm weather.