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Date: Thu Dec 23 2004 - 19:40:02 EST
December 23, 2004 5:38 p.m.
A new tropical cyclone came to life over the South Indian Ocean on
Thursday. As of late in the day, EST, the un-named cyclone held
highest sustained winds of 40 mph around a center which was about 745
miles west-northwest of Australia's remote Cocos, or Keeling, Islands.
The storm was moving southward at 9 mph. Forecasts called for the
cyclone to gradually strengthen and to take on a southwestward heading
that would keep it over wide open seas for at least the next two days.
A sharp cold front brought dramatic cooling to northeastern
Mexico Thursday. Take the city of Ciudad Victoria where Wednesday's
92-degree high was 13 degrees above average for the date. In the wake
of the cold front, temperatures Thursday afternoon hovered in the
middle 50s. The change in the weather was about as drastic in
Monterrey. Here, Wednesday warmed to 80 degrees, but Thursday
struggled to reach the upper 40s.
A powerful storm that buried parts of Midwest United States in
snow also affected southern Ontario and Quebec Provinces in Canada. At
Hamilton, Ontario, 15 inches of snow fell Wednesday to midafternoon
Thursday. Toronto had six inches before a changeover to an icy mix.
The snow and sleet was driven by strong, gusty winds, sustained at
over 20 mph at times with gusts close to 40 mph.
Bitter cold gripped central Canada Thursday morning. Temperatures
plunged to more than 30 degrees below zero over much of Saskatchewan,
Manitoba, and western Ontario, even as far south as the border with
the United States. Several locations plummeted to more than 40
degrees below zero. The coldest spot in the area was Key Lake, in
northern Saskatchewan. The temperature there dove all the way to 53
degrees below zero.
Abnormal warmth has swept over much of Russia's Arctic lands, both
in Europe and in Siberia. Tuesday and Wednesday, temperatures 30 to 40
degrees above normal spread widely over northern and northwestern
Siberia with Cape Chelyuskin, Asia`s northernmost mainland, warming
above 20 degrees both days. Normally this time of year, readings
would hold no higher than the teens below zero. High winds from the
south and southwest, winds known locally as the Yuzhok, boosted the
moderation. Tiksi, near the mouth of the Lena River, clocked steady
winds of 40 to 60 mph Tuesday through Wednesday. Temperatures climbed
reluctantly from 15 to 5 degrees below zero, but wind chill was 40 to
55 degrees below zero.
Heavy rains that began last weekend over southwestern Turkey wound
down early Tuesday, but enough rain has since fallen to lift rainfall
as of Wednesday to more than 18 inches since last Friday. The
heaviest rains fell in a series of dramatic outbursts Sunday and
Monday.
Gales swept over the North Sea and neighboring shores of
northwestern Europe Tuesday into Wednesday. Ships and oil rigs
observed the highest winds, amongst them reports of 70-mph steady
winds on the Gullfax field between Shetland and mainland Norway.
Sustained winds of 50 to 60 mph raged at lighthouses off the Norway
coast north to the Arctic Circle. Tuesday evening, steady winds hit 60
mph on tiny North Rona, Scotland, which is north of the mainland.
Snows have whitened much of Bulgaria this week. As of Wednesday
afternoon, local time, snow lay 8 inches deep over Sofiya, the
national capital.
Unusually heavy rains wet parts of mid-eastern China this midweek.
Rainfalls within 24-36 hours ended early Thursday morning, local time,
were 1.4 inches at both Liyang and Wuhu, and 1.1 inches at both
Shanghai and Yueyang. In each of these four locations, December's mean
rainfall is 1.0-1.5 inches, so the monthly average was roughly equaled
within a day-and-a-half.
In South Australia, Wednesday was hot right to the water at
Adelaide. Set on the coast of the Gulf Saint Vincent, the city
soared to 96 degrees on the heels of offshore winds. An average day
in December would have a high of 76 degrees, so this mark was a full
20 degrees above the mean. On Thursday, the heat lessened some, and
the high temperature was 91 degrees. Meanwhile, the heat spread into
Melbourne and worsened. Thursday's high temperature was 99 degrees,
nearly 25 degrees above the average late December high of 75.
Wednesday, strong, icy winds battered some segments of eastern
Greenland's coastline. In the far northeast, steady winds blew 50-65
mph at Kroyers Holme while the temperature varied between -11 and -7
degrees; the wind chill dipped below -60. In the southeast, Ikermit
was lashed by sustained winds of 55-60 mph late in the day with
temperatures 5-10 degrees above zero.
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