Mist formed over mountains in northern Thailand Thursday morning (October 17) as residents began to buy coats for winter. <br /><br />Temperatures plunged to only 10C in the valleys around the Doi Inthanon mountain in Chiang Mai province on the official first day of winter, which announced by Phuwieng Prakhammintara, director-general of Thailand’s meteorological department to a winter tourism seminar on Monday (October 14 ). <br /><br />Locals were seen at nearby markets stocking up on woolly jumpers and coats as forecasters predicted an extra chilly winter. <br /><br />The country's Meteorological Department has forecast that temperatures in the north could plunge to just 6C.<br /><br />Phuwiang Prakhammin said that winter in Thailand this year will be colder and longer than last year.<br /><br />He expects the cool season to last for approximately 122 days until mid-February, with average lows of 20C to 21C nationwide throughout the entire season and temperatures as low as 15C in the capital Bangkok.
