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Date: Sun Jul 18 2004 - 19:40:01 EDT
July 18, 2004 2:39 p.m.
Saturday, thick smoke from bush fires shrouded a swathe over
Yukon Territory, Canada. At Dawson, choking smoke from nearby fires
has filled the air much of this week causing visibility to dip as low
as one-fourth of a mile. Friday, plans for evacuation were laid,
although fires at the time were at least 9 miles away.
Saturday began with a harsh winter chill over the southern
cordillera of Patagonia, where a cold wave began at mid week. Along
the Chilean side, Balmaceda set consecutive lows of 9 and 10 degrees
below zero Thursday and Friday -- nearly 40 degrees below average --
and was near zero degrees before daybreak, Saturday. Thursday's high
of 14 degrees was 26 degrees below normal. The cold was fostered by
light winds and fair skies over snow cover within a strong polar high.
More rain fell on much of eastern China as a cold front crossed
the region late Saturday into Sunday. Rainfall over the past 2 days
in Fou-Yang, China has been close to 4 inches with most rain falling
between late Saturday and into the day Sunday. Rainfall in Sang-Chin,
China was close to 3 inches in a 12 hour period on late Saturday
local time.
The heat continues in much of Germany Sunday. Temperatures were
into the upper 80s and near 90 degrees. As of early Sunday afternoon
local time, the temperature in Karlsruhe, Germany was up to 89
degrees, well above the normal high temperature of 75 degrees for
this area.
Early Monday morning local time, a tropical system was starting
to form over the South China Sea between the Philippines and Vietnam.
Winds are estimated to be between 30-35 mph with the storm and is
near 15 North and 112 West. The system is expected to continue a
general westward movement over the next few days and affect Vietnam.
The storm will likely be given a number as a tropical storm over the
next 12-24 hours before making landfall.
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