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Date: Sat Aug 16 2003 - 10:40:01 EDT
August 16, 2003 9:50 a.m.
' Early Saturday, EDT, a tropical depression over the western
North Pacific Ocean drifted towards Guam. It was within 220 miles
southeast of Guam. With highest winds still only 30 mph, it
was heading towards the northwest at nearly 15 mph. It was
forecast to cross the Mariana Islands near Guam on Sunday, local
time, at to grow into a tropical storm within 24 to 48 hours.
Winds far above hurricane strength this week have blasted the
Casey station on East Antarctica. The height of the severe blizzard
came Thursday into Thursday night as winds of a steady 90 to 110 mph
were clocked. Gusts may well have been higher by another 10 to 20
mph. Casey is on the Budd Coast directly south of Australia.
Another Australian station, far to the west of Casey, the Mawson
station clocked steady winds of 75-85 mph for at least 12 hours on
Saturday.
Saturday marked three-straight days of excessive rain over
southeastern Japan. At Tokyo, rainfall was 10.3 inches within 72
hours. Nearby, rainfall rose to 15.0 inches at Omaezaki, and on
the island of Oshima, it was 15.6 inches.
Friday, a heat wave gripped Canada from British Columbia to
Manitoba. Winnipeg set a record-tying high of 95 degrees. In
Saskatchewan, which was as hot as 100 degrees along the Montana line,
Saskatoon was one degree shy of a daily record with its high of 92
degrees. Alberta had 100-degree heat at Medicine Hat. Hitting 89
degrees, Edmonton missed its daily record high by one degree.
Rainfall within the last two days has been 10.5 inches at Sibolga
in western Indonesia. Other two-day rainfall from the area was: 6.3
inches at Padang, 5.5 inches at at Sabang, and 5.2 inches Meulaboh.
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