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Date: Sun Aug 17 2003 - 10:40:02 EDT
August 17, 2003 9:14 a.m.
Early Sunday morning, EDT, tropical depression 12W moved across
the northern part of Guam, bringing heavy rain and gusty winds to the
island. Highest wind gusts reached 33 mph at Agana, on the southern
part of the island. On the northern part of the island, Anderson Air
Force Base reported a wind gust to 47 mph as the depression passed.
Rainfall in the wake of the low was 3.17 inches at Agana, and 1.9
inches at Anderson. As of mid-morning Sunday, EDT, the depression was
centered about 60 miles to the west-northwest of Guam, and was headed
toward the west-northwest at about 9 mph. 12W was expected to
strengthen to a tropical storm over the next couple of days, while
heading toward the northwest, over open waters.
An intense blizzard blasted the Mawson station on Antarctica
Saturday and Sunday. With temperatures hovering between 5 and 11
degrees, winds winds howled at or above hurricane force for 15 hours.
The highest sustained winds reached 83 mph. Winds gradually weakened
late Saturday and early Sunday, but were still blowing at 54 mph
Sunday morning.
Tropical depression 01C in the north central Pacific weakened on
Sunday morning, and could dissipate entirely over the next couple of
days. The depression was centered well to the south of the Hawaiian
islands, and was moving toward the west. The system will be watched
for any regeneration over the next couple of days, though there is
little land in its way.
As Tropical Storm Erika swept ashore near the U.S.-Mexico border,
heavy rain spread across northeastern Mexico on Saturday, southward
toward Tampico and westward toward Monterrey. Rainfall was estimated
to be around 6 inches, and winds 70 mph, near the point of landfall
which was a short distance south of Matamoras in Mexico's Tamaluipas
State. Since landfall, the storm has undoubtedly dumped very heavy
rain on the rugged terrain of northeastern and central Mexico,
probably causing flash flooding and mudslides. Rainfall reports were
sparse, but included 3.4 inches at Monterrey and 2.2 inches at
Saltillo. This same rugged terrain weakened the storm very rapidly,
and the center of the storm was not recognizable anymore by Sunday
morning. What is left of Erika could spawn a new tropical depression
in the eastern Pacific on Monday or Tuesday.
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.
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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