Weather Advisory
Subject: Storm “KAJIKI”
and heavy to very heavy rain in Thailand
No.7 (210/2025)
At 04.00 a.m. LST (24 August
2025), severe tropical storm “KAJIKI” over the upper South China Sea was
centered about 570 kilometers east of Dong Hoi, Vietnam or at latitude 17.5 degrees north and longitude 112.0 degrees east with maximum sustained winds about
112 km./hr. This storm is moving west with a speed
of 20 km./hr., expected to intensify. During 25-26 August, the storm is
forecast to make landfall over upper Vietnam and upper Loas. Meanwhile, the
southwest monsoon prevailing over the Andaman Sea, Thailand and the Gulf will
strengthen. More rain and isolated heavy to very heavy rain with strong winds are
likely in the North, the upper Northeast, the Central and the East including
Bangkok and vicinity during 24–27 August. People in the
country should beware of heavy to very heavy rain and accumulation that may
cause flash floods and overflows especially along the waterways near foothills
and lowlands.
Affected areas
are as followings
On 24 August 2025
North:
Lampang, Nan, Phrae,
Uttaradit, Sukhothai, Tak, Kamphaeng Phet, Phichit,
Phitsanulok and
Phetchabun.
Northeast:
Nong Khai, Bueng Kan, Nong Bua
Lamphu, Udon Thani, Sakon Nakhon,
Nakhon Phanom,
Chaiyaphum, Khon Kaen, Kalasin and Mukdahan.
Central:
Lopburi, Suphanburi,
Kanchanaburi and Ratchaburi.
East:
Nakhon Nayok, Prachin
Buri, Chanthaburi and Trat.
South:
Phetchaburi, Ranong, Phang
Nga and Phuket.
On 25 August 2025
North:
Chiang Rai, Lamphun,
Lampang, Phayao, Nan, Phrae, Uttaradit, Phichit,
Phitsanulok and
Phetchabun.
Northeast:
Loei, Nong Khai, Bueng Kan, Nong
Bua Lamphu, Udon Thani, Sakon Nakhon,
Nakhon Phanom,
Mukdahan, Nakhon Ratchasima and Ubon Ratchathani.
Central:
Kanchanaburi, Ratchaburi,
Samut Songkhram, Samut Sakhon, Nakhon Pathom
including Bangkok and
its vicinity.
East:
Nakhon Nayok, Prachin
Buri, Sa Kaeo, Chanthaburi and Trat.
South:
Phetchaburi, Prachuap Khiri
Khan, Chumphon, Ranong, Phang Nga, Phuket and Krabi.
During 26 - 27 August 2025
North: Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai, Chiang
Rai, Lamphun, Lampang, Phayao, Nan, Phrae,
Uttaradit,
Sukhothai, Tak, Kamphaeng Phet, Phichit, Phitsanulok and Phetchabun.
Northeast: Loei, Nong Khai, Bueng Kan, Udon Thani,
Sakon Nakhon, Nakhon Phanom,
Khon Kaen,
Kalasin, Mukdahan, Yasothon, Amnat Charoen and Ubon Ratchathani.
Central: Nakhon
Sawan, Uthai Thani, Chainat, Kanchanaburi, Ratchaburi,
including Bangkok and its vicinity.
East: Nakhon
Nayok, Prachinburi, Sa Kaeo, Chachoengsao, Chonburi, Rayong, Chanthaburi and
Trat.
South: Phetchaburi,
Prachuap Khiri Khan, Chumphon, Ranong, Phang Nga and Phuket.
The rather
strong wind forces the waves in the upper Andaman Sea and the upper Gulf up to
2-3 meters high and above 3 meters high in thundershowers. All ships in the
Andaman Sea should
proceed with caution. Small boats in the upper Andaman Sea and the upper Gulf should
keep ashore.
This
advisory is in effect on 24 August 2025, at 05.00
a.m.
This
next issue will be on 24 August 2025, at 11.00 a.m.
(Signed) Sugunyanee Yavinchan
(Miss Sugunyanee
Yavinchan)
Director-General
Thai Meteorological Department
