A top scientist in Thailand has predicted that the country is now entering the start of a period of “extreme weather”.
Dr Thon Thamrongnawasawat, a marine scientist at Kaset university in the Thai capital, went on his personal Facebook page to make the warning after Bangkokian’s woke to hellish looking clouds yesterday morning.
People on social media posted video and pictures as scary and fast moving clouds rolled over Bangkok turning morning into night, reported Siam Rath.
Though for many the storm’s bark was worse than its bite, it dumped little rain in some areas and soon moved on, though the day remained unclear with intermittent showers until further evening light shows notes ASEAN NOW.
The met office has predicted storms and lightning all week.
Dr Thon said:
“It turned Bangkok from morning into night. It was “maek loke rorn” (hot earth clouds)”, he said.
This resulted from a warming ocean, evaporation and hot weather meaning there was more vapor in the atmosphere, he noted.
He said that the clouds contained a huge volume of water to dump but there was not much rain – this time.
But wait for next time this happens or subsequent times.
He called it the start of “extreme weather” – a term he used in English.
This is due to climate change, he continued, with greehouse gases in the atmosphere that would cause “devastating consequences especially in countries that are economically fragile”.
He cited Pakistan as an example of this with great swathes of the country reportedly under water at this time after some of the most serious flooding there in memory.