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Date: Sun Feb 22 2004 - 19:40:00 EST
February 22, 2004 2:42 p.m.
A blizzard struck Vladivostok, Russia Saturday and Sunday. By
Sunday evening, winds were howling at nearly 40 mph with heavy snow
and blowing snow. At the same time, temperatures fell through the 20s
and into the middle teens.
Korea had a very unusual winter rain storm Friday and Saturday.
Ahead of the storm, the temperature soared all the way to 66 degrees,
well above the normal high temperature of 39 degrees. Much of the
rain fell with temperatures in the 50s, and there was even some
thunder. Total rainfall was 2.13 inches, whereas the average for the
entire month of February is only 0.86 inches.
Very heavy snow fell over parts of Turkey on Saturday and Sunday.
Bingol reported the heaviest snow, with about 2 feet of accumulation
in a 24-hour period. Several other locations reported over a foot of
snow. At Kars, snowfall amounts were low, only totalling a few
inches, but there were high winds, sustained at over 50 mph at times.
Remnants of tropical depression 01W brought heavy rain to parts
of the Philippines Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Rainfall at Legaspi
was 3.2 inches Friday and Friday night. At Tacloban, even heavier
rain fell, amounting to 4.7 inches during the same time period. The
rainfall kept temperatures in the 70s in a lot of places, whereas
most days have temperatures well into the 80s. The nation's capital
city of Manila was spared the rainfall. The only rain reported there
was a brief shower, and the temperature hit 90 degrees Sunday
afternoon.
High winds Friday and Saturday churned up severe, widespread dust
storms over much of Algeria. High winds from the south and southwest,
some above 60 mph, blew from the Saharan hinterland through the Atlas
Mountains to the Mediterranean shore. Many weather observations
showed sustained winds of 40 to 55 mph with persistent, immobilizing
visibility down to a few tens of yards. Bothersome dust was plentiful
along the relatively green, well-watered and populous coast. Of
interest was the freakish warmth: seaside Bejaia saw readings hover
near 80 degrees through the night with the low being 79, or nearly 35
degrees above average. The warmth stemmed from the southerly winds
blowing out of the Sahara and down-slope from the Atlas. Meantime,
some of the dust filtered over the open sea to mingle with rains
falling in western Italy, eastern Spain and southern France.
Direction, direction, direction. With respect to wind, it is
especially fundamental in determining temperature in areas of
geographic boundaries. Take Melbourne in the Australian state of
Victoria. The climate here has inputs from the ever-chilly Southern
Ocean, lying out its "front door", but also the sear and sometimes
blistering "outback" to its rear. Friday, northwesterly steering
winds together with a ready pool of fiery heat lying inland made for
a 105-degree afternoon; the average high of 77 degrees was swept
aside. Winds shifted to southwesterly (as they are wont to do at
Melbourne following a cold front), and Saturday, the temperature
failed to climb out of the 60s.
Withering heat Saturday reached the outskirts of Sydney, New
South Wales, Australia. Richmond registered about 110 degrees before
a "cool change" wafted in from the southeast, or the direction of the
cool Tasman Sea. Sydney's core, however, was spared the brunt of the
heat, as the high was about 90 degrees at the main airport which lies
near the shore.
Warming, downcast "foehn" winds Friday night and Saturday played
along the northern side of the high Alps. This chinook-like winds
coaxed the temperature above 60 degrees, and to about 20 degrees
above average, at Vaduz in tiny Liechtenstein. These warming, drying
winds were also felt at Innsbruck and Salzburg, Austria.
Several days of windswept rains have pounded Islotes Evangelista,
off far-southern Chile. From Thursday through early Saturday, winds
were sustained at 45-60 mph, likely with gusts close to hurricane
force. Rainfall for the three days was nearly 6 inches. There was a
lull in the winds Saturday night, and rain lightened up somewhat.
Winds dropped to 35 mph, and Saturday's rainfall was less than an
inch. By Sunday morning, winds had picked back up to 55 mph, but rain
remained light.
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