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Date: Sat Mar 27 2004 - 19:40:00 EST
March 27, 2004 2:59 p.m.
Now that the amazement is fading, there seems to be a consensus:
not only is the storm nearing shores of southern Brasil a tropical
cyclone, it is the first documented hurricane to happen over the
southern Atlantic Ocean, certainly since the beginning of satellite
observation in the mid-1960s. Saturday morning, the well-marked eye of
this unnamed hurricane was about 150 miles east-southeast of nearest
land, Cabo de Santa Marta Grande in the state of Santa Catarina. A
steady west-ward drift continued at speeds near 10 mph. The storm
seems to be as strong as it had been Friday afternoon. Were the
hurricane to stick to its present tack, it would make landfall near
the border between the states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do
Sul, or near the town of Torres.
Weather observations from Mandora, Australia, reflected the
"breath" of Fay: gales rocked the remote settlement for several hours
and rainfall of 7.8 inches was registered within two days.
Cyclone Oscar is over the eastern South Indian Ocean, where it
is losing strength. Late Friday evening, EST, Oscar is located about
570 miles southwest of Australia's remote Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
Oscar, drifting to the south-southwest and holding highest sustained
winds above 100 mph, will be of no threat to any land, at least any
time soon.
Saturday was another day of withering heat in Southeast Asia.
Mynamar (Burma) saw 109 degrees at Mandalay and Monywa. In Thailand,
105 degrees was reached at Nan and Thong Pha Phum.
Northern Canada was bitterly cold Thursday, and Friday was no
different. Churchill, Manitoba, set a morning low of 25 degrees below
zero and was no warmer than minus-4 degrees as of late afternoon.
Thursday was colder yet with afternoon temperatures in the 20s below
zero. An average day here in late March would have a high near plus-10
and a low of minus-8 degrees. Through Thursday, the month's average
temperature was more than 11 degrees below the mean.
Canada's largest city, meanwhile, has been unusually mild in
recent days. Friday was the second straight day to reach the 60s in
Toronto, Ontario, whereas average daily highs at this time of the year
are in the lower to middle 40s. Moreover, Friday's morning low at the
Pearson international airport was 48 degrees, or more than 20 degrees
above the mean daily low and even several degrees above the day's
"normal" high.
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