Bangkok, Thailand

Rule-based risk level

Will the Chao Phraya at Ayutthaya reach its bank within the next 24 hours?

Risk level from a simple rule

Not an official warning Follow guidance from the DDPM and the BMA.

Move the pointer over the river to turn it.

How the level is decided

Rule B2 checks the latest reading at Ayutthaya from the top down and stops at the first match.

    What the rule looked at

    River level at Ayutthaya (station 39), in metres above mean sea level

    Along the Chao Phraya

    North to south. Context only: the rule uses Ayutthaya alone.

    How it did on past floods

    Hours of warning before the river first reached its bank at Ayutthaya

    • Watch or higher
    • Warning or higher
    • Too late

      Warned before the bank was reached in 4 of 5 floods at Watch or higher.

      Only 5 floods reached the bank at Ayutthaya from 2020 to 2025.

      What this is, and what it is not

      • A rule, not an AI model

      • A level, not a probability

      • Ayutthaya, not your street

      • Odd readings are set aside

      • No reading, no guess

      • Fast rises can slip through