1. Rather clouded (15 to 45% sunshine).
2. Chance of some rain showers tonight. Tomorrow mostly dry weather.
3. NW wind, up to 7 m/s, force 4 Bf.
4. Maximum temperature 31°C.
5. High tide about 8 and 21 h. Low tide about 2 and 14 h.
Weather systems around southern Thailand:
At 15:30 h there were many rain showers over the Andaman Sea west of Phuket, Phang Nga and Ranong. They move from W to E with speed 50 km/h.
The showers were then located 270 km west of Ao Nang.
A large area of showers in Surat Thani and Nakhon Si Thammarat was moving away to the Gulf of Thailand.
It is possible that some showers or their remnants cause some rain in Ao Nang tonight. The weather will probably improve tomorrow.
The air aloft is humid but becomes dry tomorrow. The air mass is unstable.
Sources of information. Weather models: Thai TMD,
European ECMWF and
American GFS;
Phuket radar;
satellite; lightning detector
(now out of service); VantagePro2 weather station.
Weather outlook one week ahead:
The weather will be mostly dry on Monday.
Rain chances are high on Tuesday and Wednesday.
From Thursday some light to moderate rainfall is expected.
