3pm Sunday 10th March 2013. Traveling north along highway No 1 from Tak to Lampang between km 600 & km 640
- Forest fires spotted : 12
- Red Fire tankers each with 2 persons seen : 2
- Army vehicles : 0
- Soldiers : 0
For current fire and pollution details see http://thaiforestfire.com/
Update 21st March 2013 – Here below is this evenings image. At 1:00 pm there were no active (yellow or red) fires on the map below.
The army is reported to be out in the hills stopping arson, yet the PM10 values were extreme all across the north (zoom in to the pic to see figures for each province). But what has happened in central and eastern Thailand? Can one believe no fires? When I travelled from Uthai Thani to Chiang Mai 11 days ago there were widespread fires burning off rice stubble as reflected in the earlier screen shot.
Can somebody please explain and also say where the thick smog of today originates? Are the chilly mornings a factor?
March 17th Data;
Station Last Date Last Hour ค่าการตรวจวัดจากสถานีอัตโนมัติ Moving AVG 24Hour
(รายชั่วโมง)
CO NO2 O3 SO2 PM10 (ug/m3)
(ppm) (ppb) (ppb) (ppb)
ข้อมูลแบบ Real Time รายชั่วโมง
35t ศาลากลางเชียงใหม่ (City Hall, Chiangmai) 3/17/2013 20:00:00 1.4 50 11 2 110
36t โรงเรียนยุพราชวิทยาลัย (Yupparaj Wittayalai School, Chiangmai) 3/17/2013 20:00:00 1.6 61 0 0 121
37t สถานีอุตุนิยมวิทยาลำปาง (Lampang Meteorological Station) 3/17/2013 19:00:00 1.2 11 68 3 120
a57 สำนักงานทรัพยากรธรรมชาติและสิ่งแวดล้อมจังหวัดเชียงราย (Natural Resources and Environment Office, Chiangrai) 3/17/2013 8:00:00 1.3 – 25 – 125
a58 สำนักงานทรัพยากรธรรมชาติและสิ่งแวดล้อมจังหวัดแม่ฮ่องสอน (Natural Resources and Environment Office, Mae Hongson) 3/17/2013 8:00:00 1.9 – 9 – 205
a67 สำนักงานเทศบาลเมืองน่าน (Municipality Office, Nan) 3/17/2013 8:00:00 – 1 18 1 122
a68 สนามกีฬาองค์การบริหารส่วนจังหวัดลำพูน (Provincial Administrative Stadium, Lamphun) 3/17/2013 8:00:00 1 31 13 0 90
The above figures are extracted from AQMTHAI.com where most of the above stations appear in Red for danger in the last figure of PM10 – fine particulate matter from burning.
Now they have moved into action if this report is correct: http://chiangmaicitynews.com/news.php?id=1556