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Date: Sat Oct 04 2003 - 10:40:01 EDT
October 4, 2003 9:57 a.m.
Saturday, the weak Tropical Cyclone Abaimba is about 500 miles
west of Diego Garcia in the open South Indian Ocean. Drifting
westwards, Abaimba will be of no threat to any land for at least a few
days to come.
Early Saturday, Nora is a Hurricane over the eastern North Pacific
Ocean. Before daybreak, EDT, Nora, having highest sustained winds of
80 mph, is located 180 miles southeast of Mexico's Isla Socorro, one
of the Revillagigedo Islands. The hurricane is drifting towards the
northwest at 7 mph. Nora, if conforming to forecasts, would take its
nearest shot at Socorro sometime late Saturday and early Sunday,
likely as a hurricane. Nora is seen remaining well off southern Baja
California through at least next Tuesday.
Also early Saturday, Tropical Storm Olaf is getting itself
together off southern Mexico. Before daybreak, EDT, Olaf is located
about 200 miles south-southwest of Acapulco, Mexico, with top
sustained winds of 50 mph. The storm is drifting towards the
north-northwest at 5 mph. Forecasts are for Olaf to follow a
northwesterly tack for the next few days with significant
strengthening. Good potential is seen for the storm to become a
hurricane posing a threat to Mexico's southwestern shores.
Whitehorse, Yukon, the territorial capital, set a new daily
record high on Friday with 67 degrees. The was the second-straight
record high. Warmth challenging, if not breaking, high marks also
stretched along the Mackenzie River of Northwest Territories to
northeastern British Columbia and northern Alberta on Thursday and
Friday. Highs of 70 and even 80 degrees were 20 to 30 degrees above
average.
Phuket, Thailand, had 24-hour rainfall of 7.1 inches as of
Saturday morning, local time, and 10.8 inches of rain fell beginning
Thursday morning. To the opposite side of the Andaman Sea, Port Blair,
South Andaman Island, India, had 5.3 inches of rain within little more
than 24 hours.
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