PUBLISHED: 24 Apr 2024 at 13: 19
Weather experts warn that the wet season wo n’t start until the third week of May, with temperatures expected to soar to new highs between Friday and Tuesday.
The heatwave may continue through Wednesday and Thursday, according to Somkuan Tonjan, chairman of observation at the Meteorological Department, under the influence of southwest and southerly winds.
From Friday through to Tuesday following year, he said, northwest and northerly winds do reach the North, Northeast, Central Plain and the East, with high conditions that may break records set in 2016 and 2023.
A report 44.6°C was measured in Mae Hong Son territory on April 28, 2016, and again in Tak state on April 15, 2023. Both regions are located in the north.
This year’s large to time is 44.2°C, in the northern county of Lampang on Monday this year.
From May 1- 3, northwest and southerly winds may appear and signal a seasonal , modify. According to Mr. Somkuan, the wet season should next begin in the second week of May, which is a little later than usual.
Along with the extremely hot weather, demand for electricity set a , fresh high , on Monday evening of 35, 830 kwh.