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Date: Thu Oct 09 2003 - 10:40:01 EDT
October 9, 2003 9:28 a.m.
Some unusually heavy rains have doused northern Pakistan this
midweek. In the city of Peshawar, 1.4 inches of rain fell from
thundery downpours on Wednesday. The mean October rainfall here is
only 0.3 of an inch.
Tropical Depression 18W remained rather weak over the South China
Sea early Thursday, EDT. The storm has not strengthened significantly
since forming early in the week. 18W was centered about 220 miles to
the south of Hong Kong, and was moving toward the north at 6 mph.
Highest winds were 30 mph, and little change in strength was
expected. A slow track toward the north and then northwest was
forecast over the next few days, bringing the depression onshore this
weekend. Winds with this system are of little concern, but the slow
movement could result in very heavy rainfall in parts of southern
China.
Remnants of former Hurricane Olaf brought heavy rainfall to parts
of Mexico Tuesday through Thursday. At Chihuahua, rainfall was over
4.5 inches within two and a half days. This was more than a quarter
of the average annual rainfall for the city. At Aguascalientes,
rainfall was just over two inches, mostly on Wednesday. This was more
than the average amount for the entire month of October.
Monday through Wednesday, rainfall was more than 12 inches
at Balasore, India. Late Tuesday to early Wednesday, rainfall of 6.5
inches doused Calcutta. Rainfall of late was more than 7 inches at
Jagdalpur.
The same low pressure system that dumped heavy rainfall in
eastern India early in the week pounded Bangladesh with heavy
rainfall Wednesday and Thursday. Weather observations have been
spotty, but indicate that much of the nation has had over three
inches of rain. Rainfall at Rangpur was about 4 and a half inches
within 24 hours. Rainfall was at least 3.5 inches at Cox's Bazaar. At
Chittagong, downpours unleashed well over four inches within six
hours.
On Thursday, ahead of a strong low pressure system, powerful
southerly winds blasted Ankara, Turkey's Capital City. Winds around
the middle of the day were sustained at close to 40 mph. Highest
gusts were to 55 mph. Ankara has not had significant rainfall in
several weeks, so the winds kicked up some dust, briefly reducing
visibility to under three miles.
Pounded by a wave of storms, the top of Germany's high peak,
Zugspitze, has garnered a deep snow blanket within the last week. The
latest wave, which began early Tuesday, has brought the snow depth up
by two feet, with a water-equivalent of nearly four inches. The
weather observatory reported 51 inches of snow on the ground at midday
Thursday, local time. At that time, snow was still falling, reducing
visibility to near zero. Weather observations on the Zugspitze are
taken at a height of 9718 feet above sea level. In Austria, heavy
snow has blanketed the top of Sonnblick mountain, over 10,000 feet
above sea level. The peak was buried under 45 inches of snow as
Thursday morning, with about two and a half feet of that having
fallen since Tuesday.
Tuesday, parching "zonda" winds off the Andes of western Argentina
suspended belief -- at least with respect to weather observations. At
San Juan, the temperature soared to 101 degrees as winds wafted down
from the 20,000-foot heights of the Andes. As the temperature soared,
so did the humidity nose dive -- it was 1% as the high was reached.
Even lower humidity -- effectively 0% -- was registered Tuesday
evening, even though lightning of distant thunderstorms flickered.
The zonda is a "down-under" equivalent to the chinook, albeit more
extreme thanks to the greater height of the Andes.
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