Weather Advisory
Subject: Storm “WIPHA” and
heavy to very heavy rain in Thailand
No.14 (200/2025)
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At 01.00 a.m. LST (23 July 2025), the tropical storm “WIPHA” was downgraded
to the tropical depression. At 04.00 a.m. was centered at Xiangkhouang
province, Laos or at latitude 19.5
degrees north and longitude 103.0
degrees east (180 km. east of Nan, Thailand ) with maximum sustained winds
about 55 km./hr. This storm is moving west-northwest with
a speed of 25 km/hr., forecast to downgrade to an active low-pressure cell. It
is likely to move along the monsoon through lying upper Laos and the upper
North. Meanwhile the strong southwest monsoon prevails across the Andaman Sea,
Thailand and the Gulf.
The effects of storm “WIPHA” are
impacts of heavy to very heavy rain and strong wind in the
North, the upper Northeast, western Central and the East during 23-24
July 2025. 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
23 July 2025
North: Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Lamphun, Lampang,
Phayao, Nan, Phrae, Uttaradit,
Sukhothai, Tak, Kamphaeng Phet, Phichit, Phitsanulok and Phetchabun.
Northeast: Nong Khai, Bueng Kan, Udon Thani, Sakon
Nakhon and Nakhon Phanom.
Central: Nakhon Sawan, Uthai
Thani, Kanchanaburi and Ratchaburi.
East: Nakhon Nayok, Chanthaburi and Trat.
South: Phetchaburi and Prachuap Khiri Khan.
24 July 2025
North: Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Lamphun, Lampang,
Phrae, Sukhothai, Tak and Kamphaeng Phet.
Northeast: Nakhon Phanom, Mukdahan, Amnat Charoen and Ubon Ratchathani.
Central: Uthai Thani and
Kanchanaburi.
East: Nakhon Nayok, Chanthaburi and
Trat.
The rather strong wind forces
the waves in the Andaman Sea and the upper Gulf up to 2-4 meters high and above
4 meters high in thundershowers. All ships in the Andaman Sea and the Gulf
should proceed with caution and keep off thundershowers, small boats in the
Andaman Sea and the upper Gulf should keep ashore during this period.
This advisory is in effect on 23
July 2025, at 05.00 a.m.
This next issue will be on 23 July 2025, at 11.00 a.m.
(Signed) Sugunyanee Yavinchan
(Miss Sugunyanee Yavinchan)
Director-General
Thai
Meteorological Department
