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From: Olli Haukkovaara (olli.haukkovaara{at}pp.nic.fi)
Date: Wed Jul 31 2002 - 18:57:54 EDT

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At 20:52 31.7.2002, Roger Rafler wrote:
>I just checked the 850mb charts for that region of the world (Persian
>Gulf/Red Sea). Temps were as high as 30 degrees Celsius!! Drop that
>down dry-adiabatically and you easily get 113 degrees F. Couple that
>with the high dewpoints found in that region, and heat indices
>approaching 130 degrees F are quite achievable!

My brother, who works in Kuwait at the moment, told yesterday that
daytime temperatures are there as high as 53 degrees celcius !

Regards, Olli Haukkovaara

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