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Date: Thu Feb 19 2004 - 19:40:01 EST
February 19, 2004 5:40 p.m.
Early Thursday, a fearsome blizzard was well underway over the
southern Atlantic lands of Canada. In western Nova Scotia, snowfall
was 12 to 18 inches from Yarmouth to Halifax. Snowfall of up to 15
inches within six hours was metered. Winds inland blew 30 to 50 mph,
and along water, speeds of 50 to 70 mph were clocked. Offshore, sandy
Sable Island, warmed by the open Atlantic Ocean, saw heavy rains
driven before 70-mph gusts. The storm spread northwards wrapping
Prince Edward Island and much of New Brunswick in wind-whipped snows.
Charlottetown, PEI, was blotted out owing to zero-visibility snow and
winds gusting 45-55 mph.
Thursday, Oodnadatta, South Australia, had another day of
110-degree heat. Since Monday, respectively daily highs of 113, 116,
115 and 115 degrees have been set. Elsewhere in this mostly desert
state, highs of at least 110 degrees Thursday were set at Coober Pedy,
Moomba, Marree, Marla and Leigh Creek.
Thursday made for three-straight days of heavy rain over greater
Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. The Soekarno-Hatta airport picked up 11.8
inches rain within a 72-hour stretch.
A cold front instigated soaking rains in parts of northwestern
Honduras Wednesday and Wednesday night. The seaside city of La Ceiba
was doused by about 10 inches of rain as of early Thursday.
Comparable downpours washed nearby Tela.
Thursday dawned quite chilly in greater Havana, Cuba. At the Jose
Marti airport within this capital city's southern suburbs, the
temperature dipped to 46 degrees, or almost 20 degrees lower than
average.
Early Thursday morning was cold and frosty from Scotland to much
of Ireland. In Scotland, the Highland town of Aviemore registered a
low of 20 degrees whereas an average day at this time of the year
would have a low near 32. Glasgow's 21-degree minimum was almost 15
degrees below the mean daily low and was accompanied by dense, icy
fog. In Northern Ireland, Belfast dipped to 25 degrees.
Heavy rains have lately doused Portugal's Azores. On the island
of Faial, rainfall Wednesday to late Thursday was at least 5.0 inches
at Horta. On average, 4.1 inches of rain fall here in February.
Thursday was unusually mild in Iceland. Indeed, it was more
fitting of midsummer than winter in some places. One such location was
the northern town of Akureyri where Thursday's high was 58 degrees,
about 25 degrees above average. In the east, Dalatangi's 54-degree
top mark was far above the daily mean high (36) and even 3 degrees
above the average high in August, the warmest month of the year here.
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