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Date: Sun Feb 01 2004 - 19:40:00 EST
February 1, 2004 2:32 p.m.
In the eastern South Indian Ocean, Tropical Cyclone Linda was
centered on Sunday afternoon, EST, near 19 degrees south and 94.5
degrees east, about 495 miles south of Australia's remote Cocos (or
Keeling) Islands. Linda was heading south-southwest at 9 mph with
sustained winds around 40 mph and is no threat to any land at this
time.
Farther west over the South Indian Ocean was a powerful tropical
cyclone named Frank. Sunday afternoon, EST, Frank was over open sea
near 16.5 degrees south and 64 degrees east, wielding sustained winds
near 140 mph with gusts to 165 mph. Fortunately, Frank is not headed
toward any land, but is drifting toward the east-southeast at 9 mph.
Even farther west, over the Mozambique Channel between Madagascar
and mainland Africa, is Tropical Cyclone Elita. Late Sunday, EST,
Elita was centered just off the west coast of Madagascar, about 160
miles northwest of Morondava. Sustained winds were 55-60 mph with
gusts to 75 mph and the storm was moving toward the northwest at 12
mph. During the next few days, Elita is expected to drift erratically
over the Mozambique Channel, threatening Madagascar with further heavy
rainfall. Earlier in the week, Elita pounded Madagascar with damaging
winds and torrential rains as it made landfall near Majunga. From
there the cyclone largely dissipated while loitering over land. On
Saturday, the remnant low re-emerged over the Mozambique Channel and
began to strengthen.
Sweltering heat in South America on Friday helped instigate an
outbreak of strong, drenching thunderstorms over the Pampas of
Argentina. Along the waterfront in the city of Buenos Aires, a
rainfall of 5.2 inches was registered as downpours with gusts of 45-55
mph lasted through Friday night. Additional rain Saturday and Saturday
night brought total rainfall there to nearly 8 inches by Sunday
morning.
Saturday and Saturday night saw strong winds belt central and
southern England as well as Wales. Some of the highest winds lashed
Lyneham, England. Here, gusts of 60-70 mph were clocked during a
4-hour period late Saturday afternoon to early Saturday night, local
time. Greater London was also whipped by fierce winds. The Heathrow
airport registered 55-mph gusts.
Since Friday, marked warming has spread from west to east across
Europe. At the midpoint of the past week, much of the continent was
cold, and snow covered the ground from parts of the U.K. south into
France and east to Poland. Today, peak temperatures were in the 50s
from Ireland and England through France and Germany. Even most of
Poland had warmed to the 40s.
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