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Date: Tue May 20 2003 - 10:00:07 EDT
May 20, 2003 9:46 a.m.
Locally heavy rain fell on portions of northwestern Uruguay and
northeastern Argentina early this week. Salto, Uruguay had
rainfall of 6.26 inches Sunday night into Tuesday morning. Artigas,
along the southern border of Brazil, measured 5.59 inches.
Meanwhile, in Argentina, Paso de los Libres had 3.62 inches.
A storm about to slam into mainland Chile brought 3.23 inches of
rain to Juan Fernandez Island, just offshore in the eastern Pacific
Ocean Monday into Tuesday. This storm will bring heavy rain and
mountain snow to Chile and the Andes Tuesday night into Wednesday.
An unnamed tropical storm gathered strength over the western North
Pacific Ocean among the Caroline Islands on Monday. The storm owned
maximum sustained winds of 40 mph at midafternoon, EDT. At the time,
it was centered 140 miles to the west of Chuuk and was drifting
northward at 3-4 mph. The storm was forecast to strengthen steadily on
a general northward heading for the next 2-3 days. Intensification to
typhoon status was seen as possible as early as Tuesday night or
Wednesday. In the meantime, some of the tiny islands and atolls west
of Chuuk were likely to be lashed by excessive rains and strong, gusty
winds.
The week began with drenching rains on Tutuila, one of the South
Pacific's Samoa Islands. At Pago Pago, two-day rainfall ending Monday
evening, EDT, was over 13 inches.
Wide areas of India and Pakistan withered under searing heat on
Tuesday. In Pakistan, Jacobabad skyrocketed to 121 degrees, good for the
world's highest temperature. Pad Idan once again spiked at 120
degrees; Sibi and Nawabshah both hit 119 degrees. Across India,
readings of 100-110 degrees were common, but along the southeast
coast, temperatures were even higher. Machilipatnam surged to 116
degrees and Kakinada rose to 114.
Much of easternmost Canada basked in unseasonable warmth Monday
afternoon. Temperatures rose into the 70s in parts of northern Quebec
and Newfoundland. In northern Quebec, Kuujjuaq soared to 79 degrees
whereas the average high was about 40. Wabush Lake, Labrador,
Newfoundland, reached 79 degrees, more than 25 degrees above average.
It turned warm right to the cold waters of the Labrador Sea at Nain;
here, 72 degrees was reached. In southern Quebec, many sites climbed
to the lower and middle 80s, including Montreal and Quebec City,
versus average highs in the lower to middle 60s. La Tuque was the
warmest where the temperatures topped out at 87 degrees.
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