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Date: Sat Oct 25 2003 - 19:40:00 EDT
October 25, 2003 6:01 p.m.
Typhoon Ketsana continues to prowl the waters of the western North
Pacific Ocean south of mainland Japan. Late Saturday afternoon, EDT,
Ketsana is centered 420 miles south-southeast of Tokyo, Japan, and 400
miles north-northeast of Iwo Jima, one of Japan's Volcano Islands.
Maximum sustained winds are 80 mph and movement is to the northeast at
32 mph. Ketsana will continue to weaken on a speedy northeastward path
over open waters through Monday.
Though more than 200 miles from the storm center, Iwo Jima was
hit by heavy thunderstorms and wind gusts to near 45 mph as Ketsana
passed by to the west on Friday night.
Parma remains a strong typhoon over the western North Pacific
Ocean. Late Saturday afternoon, EDT, Parma holds highest sustained
winds of 120 mph about a center which is 460 miles north-northeast of
Wake Island. The typhoon is moving southeastward at 20 mph. Forecasts
call for Parma to weaken steadily making turns to the south and
southwest during the next 2-3 days. Such a path would take the
storm's core east and south of Wake.
A tropical cyclone over the Andaman Sea has failed to strengthen
as of late Saturday afternoon, EDT, but there are indications that it
may intensify moderately during upcoming days. Late Saturday, the
cyclone's top sustained winds are a bit less than 30 mph. Centered 270
miles south-southwest of Yangon, Myanmar, the storm is moving westward
at 15 mph. The cyclone is forecast to head more-or-less toward the
northwest during the next two days while slowly strengthening. In
doing so, it would pass over the Andaman Islands and move over the Bay
of Bengal.
Over the eastern North Pacific Ocean, Patricia has weakened to a
tropical depression. Late Saturday afternoon, EDT, Tropical Depression
Patricia holds maximum sustained winds of 35 mph. It is centered 155
miles south-southeast of Isla Clarion, one of Mexico's Revillagigedo
Islands, and 535 miles south-southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Baja
California, Mexico. The depression is forecast to slowly weaken on a
north-northeastward heading during the next 2-3 days. On this course,
it will pass very near Clarion later Sunday to early Monday.
An area of low pressure that had formerly been designated a
tropical depression spread heavy rain over parts of the Philippines
on Friday and Friday night. The heaviest rainfall fell in a belt
lying over northern Mindanao and the southern Visayan Islands.
Butuan, on northern Mindanao, received 4.21 inches in the 24 hours
ending at daybreak Saturday, local time.
To the east of the Philippines, the small island of Yap was
inundated by 7.15 inches of rain in the 24 period ending Friday
evening, local time.
Its been hotter than usual of late in Australia from western
Queensland to northern Western Australia. Saturday, for example, saw
widespread highs above 100 degrees in this corridor. Jervois,
Northern Territory, was as hot as any place on earth in reaching 109
degrees. Elliott, NT, was about as hot -- a 108-degree midafternoon
reading was shown here. In Western Queensland, Boulia soared to at
least 107 degrees versus an average high in the lower 90s.
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