PHUKET: The South West Meteorological Center based in Phuket has issued a weather warning advising all small boats to stay ashore as heavy weather along the Andaman coast is expected to continue through Saturday
In its forecast issued this morning (May 24), winds off the coast are to average 22-24km/h, with gusts rising to 45km/h on Friday before easing on Sunday (May 30).
The notice issued today repeated the centre’s warning yesterday, noting that an active low pressure cell in the east of the Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify, and is moving northward to the west to the north of the Bay of Bengal.
“In addition, the strong southwest monsoon prevails over the South, the west coast and the Andaman Sea. This causes more rain and heavy to very heavy rain in the southwest in some areas of Ranong, Phang Nga, Phuket, Krabi, Trang and Satun,” the warning noted.
As such, waves in the…
