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Date: Wed Nov 12 2003 - 19:40:01 EST
November 12, 2003 7:02 p.m.
Tropical Cyclone Beni continues to swirl over the South Indian
Ocean. Late Wednesday afternoon, EST, the core of Beni is about 250
miles southeast of Diego Garcia in the Chagos Archipelago. The
cyclone's highest sustained winds are now 80 mph and it is drifting
towards the south-southeast at 5 mph. No longer approaching Diego
Garcia, Beni is of no threat to any land; it is forecast to head
more-or-less towards the south for the next few days.
Another tropical cyclone has come to life over the North Indian
Ocean east of Somalia. Late Wednesday morning, EST, this unnamed
cyclone holds top sustained winds of 35 mph about a center which is
1035 miles east-northeast of Mogadishu, Somalia. The cyclone is moving
towards the west-southwest at 8 mph. This storm is forecast to move
generally toward the west-southwest over open waters with some
strengthening during the next 36-48 hours.
The Philippine Sea is home to a new tropical storm. As of late
Wednesday afternoon, EST, the as yet unnamed storm is centered 680
miles east of Manila, Philippines, with maximum sustained winds of 45
mph; it is speedily moving westward at 28 mph. The storm is forecast
to strengthen, perhaps to typhoon intensity, on a slowing westward
heading through early Thursday. A landfall in the central Philippine
Archipelago is projected late Thursday morning or early Thursday
afternoon, possibly near the island of Samar.
This midweek saw locally excessive rainfall in southern Italy. At
Santa Maria di Leuca, rainfall was 5.4 inches within 36 hours as of
early Wednesday evening, local time.
A strong tropical wave pelted the Netherlands Antilles early this
week. Much of the rain fell Monday into Monday night, but there were
more outbursts on Tuesday. At the Prinses Juliana airport near
Simsonbaai, Sankt Marteen, rainfall rose to 11.8 inches as of
Wednesday morning. On Sankt Eustatius, Oranjestad ended with 9.5
inches.
Wednesday, blistering, 100-degree heat off the desert of western
Australia wafted right to the cool Southern Ocean on hot northerly
winds. At Albany, the temperature soared above 100 degrees even though
the mean high for the date was only 65. Well inland, temperatures to
about 110 degrees were reached east of Perth. This city itself also
reached 100 degrees before a cooling sea breeze afforded a welcome
break.
Shores of the lower Yenisey River in Arctic Russia have been
cold, indeed, these first three days of the week. A stand-out has
been the town of Dudinka, where Monday and Tuesday saw respective
lows of -48 and -45 degrees, and high of -39 and -41 degrees. Thus,
the mean temperature for the last two days was at least 35 degrees
below average for the date.
In the southern wedge of South America, fiery heat and powerful
thunderstorms have made for striking contrasts in weather early this
week. Tuesday, highs to at least 110 degrees were set in the dry Cuyo
and Gran Chaco of northwestern Argentina. La Rioja topped out 110
degrees, and Las Lomitas hit 111. Highs of at least 100 degree were
set over a 700- to 800-mile stretch of northern Argentina. Meantime,
virtually all of Paraguay registered triple-digit heat with
110 degrees being reached on the plains of the Chaco. Southeastern
Bolivia and swatches of southwestern Brasil shared in the 100-degree
heat. As for the thunderstorms, they blossomed Monday night in
eastern Argentina, and waves of them crashed through the Pampas of
Argentina and Uruguay right through Tuesday night. Rainfall at the
Ezeiza airport of Buenos Aires was 3.9 inches, or about 120% of the
mean rainfall for November. Nearby La Plata collected 4.4 inches for
the same span of time. Gusts in thunderstorms topped 50 mph in and
about Buenos Aires, also in southern Uruguay where some of the
thunderstorms spat hail late Tuesday.
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