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Date: Wed Dec 24 2003 - 19:40:01 EST
December 24, 2003 6:47 p.m.
Tuesday along with this Christmas Eve has proven to be stormy
and even snowy over a wide swatch of southern and southeast Europe
to North Africa. For southern Italy along with Tunisia and
northeastern Algeria, wind, snow and cold have been exceptional,
although winds Tuesday let up meaningfully. Some spots were set for a
rare white Christmas. In southern peninsular Italy, snow Tuesday
morning lay 14 inches deep at the hill town of Campobasso, 7 inches
deep at Potenza, and 5 inches at Monte Sant'Angelo. Over the hills of
Sicily, 7 inches of snow whitened Prizzi. Northeastern Algeria saw an
8-inch snow depth at Setif; Constantine registered 7 inches. Adriatic
shores in Croatia and Montenegro Tuesday showed weakening of powerful
"bora" winds which had earlier surged to hurricane gusts. Overnight,
gusts neared 80 mph at Dubrovnik, Croatia, and speeds above 50 mph
were clocked into Wednesday afternoon. Meantime, the storm's thrust
Wednesday shifted eastward through the Balkan Peninsula. Heavy rain
and snow, some of it wind swept, hit Bulgaria. In the south, Kurdzhali
picked up 4.8 inches of rain topped off with a little wet snow in its
second day of stormy weather. Rainfall at Sliven was 3.2 inches. Snow
Wednesday piled up in the north, reaching 13 inches in depth at Veliko
Turnovo, and 11 inches at Lovech. On the plains of southern Romania,
it was a near blizzard at Bucharest, what with 200-yard visibility in
heavy snow and blowing snow driven before 45-mph wind gusts. Snow lay
one-half foot deep and was still piling up.
Nothing but blistering heat for Christmas Eve over much of western
and northeastern Australia. In the northwest, 115-degree heat was
registered at Nyang, and a vast swatch saw at least 110 degrees by
mid afternoon. The outback of Queensland heated to near 110 degrees
at Windorah.
A new tropical depression is trying to gather strength over the
Philippine Sea. As of late Wednesday afternoon, EST, this depression
is centered almost 790 miles east of Manila, Philippines, with top
sustained winds of nearly 35 mph. The depression is moving westward at
15 mph. Forecasts call for this cyclone to heads towards the
west-northwest through Thursday afternoon, then hook sharply towards
the southwest. Strengthening to tropical storm status is also
indicated. The Philippines may be threatened by this weather-maker
during the upcoming weekend.
The tiny storm-prone islands off British Columbia, Canada, endured
another bout of severe weather this midweek. Near hurricane-strength
winds lashed Sartine Island Wednesday. Sustained winds above 60 mph
were clocked for about 12 hours; they peaked a little above 75 mph.
Highest gusts were 95-100 mph. Nearby Solander Island also withstood
very high winds. Top sustained winds above 70 mph were also registered
here, and peak gusts were above 85 mph.
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