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Date: Tue Oct 21 2003 - 19:40:01 EDT
October 21, 2003 7:03 p.m.
It's been cold lately throughout the British Isles, and Tuesday
dawned with widespread frosts and freezes away from the coasts. Some
of the coldest spots were in England. Shawbury, in the Midlands, and
Yeovilton, in the southwest, both registered a morning low of 25
degrees whereas average lows at this time of the year are in the lower
to middle 40s. London's 35-degree minimum was 10 degrees below average
and the lowest temperature since early April.
Winds blowing largely offshore heated up coastal stretches of
southern and western South Africa Tuesday. In the west, Port Nolloth
rose to 91 degrees versus an average high near 65. In the south, highs
were 92, 93 and 91 degrees, respectively, at Port Elizabeth, George
and Cape Algulhas; each of these marks was 20-25 degrees above
average. The inland west had top readings of 95 degrees at Vredendal
and 94 at Robertson; these were 15-20 degrees above the daily mean.
Ketsana has exploded into a dangerous typhoon over the open
Philippine Sea. Late Tuesday afternoon, EDT, Typhoon Ketsana is 705
miles east-northeast of Manila, Philippines, and 825 miles southwest
of Iwo Jima, Japan. Highest sustained winds have soared to nearly 145
mph, though the powerful storm is drifting northward at only 2 mph.
Ketsana is forecast to drift slowly towards the northeast as a
violent, possibly "super", typhoon for the next two to three days.
Afterwards, acceleration towards the northeast together with weakening
is foreseen. Ketsana is of no immediate threat to any land.
Tropical Storm Parma has continued to gain strength over the
western Pacific Ocean near the northernmost Mariana Islands. Late
Tuesday afternoon, EDT, Parma is 330 miles east-southeast of Iwo Jima,
one of Japan's Volcano Islands. Nearest of the Marianas is Farallon de
Pajaros. Parma is drifting towards the northeast at 8 mph with highest
sustained winds slightly above 50 mph. An overall northeasterly path
away from land and further strengthening are forecast for Parma.
Over the eastern North Pacific Ocean, Patricia has quickly become
a hurricane south of Mexico. Late Tuesday afternoon, EDT, Hurricane
Patricia owns maximum sustained winds of 75 mph, and is located about
465 miles southwest of Acapulco, Mexico. Patricia is drifting towards
the west-northwest at 8 mph. Patricia is forecast to be a
strengthening storm of no immediate threat for at least the next two
days.
Monday brought another outburst of torrential rain to the
southwest of British Columbia, Canada. Victoria, which had another
2.6 inches of rain, saw its monthly tally reach 12.5 inches, or more
than ten inches above average to date in October. Another 3.4 inches
of rain at Squamish hiked the rainfall since last Wednesday to nearly
19 inches. Along the lower Fraser River east of Vancouver, another
3.3 inches soaked Agassiz, and 2.9 inches pelted Hope; all of this
within 24 hours.
Phu Quoc, Vietnam, on the like-named southern island, was hit
twice in the last three days by torrential rain. For the 72-hour
stretch, rainfall was 14.7 inches. This was well above the mean
monthly rainfall of 11.4 inches.
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