Predictions about Pattaya’s weather are just nonsense

Dear Editor,
As a frequent visitor to Pattaya, I am getting really annoyed about the failure of the authorities to get the weather forecast correct even once in a while. During the past month alone we have had three “warnings” in the press, on the internet and via TV about heavy showers and thunderstorms about to come this way. On each occasion I took with me an umbrella which was in fact needed, but only to shield me from the hot sun and blue skies all day. It was the same story in July except for two brief downpours which lasted about an hour. Even the local radio regularly predicts afternoon or evening thunderstorms which simply never happen.

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