[STORMREPORTS] AccuWeather World Weather Highlights Thursday, May 06
May 6, 2004 5:11 p.m.
A tropical cyclone is holding steady over the Arabian Sea west of
Heavy rains linked to the Arabian cyclone doused India's southern
A second tropical cyclone, this one over the central South Indian
Rather stormy weather beset the Bermuda Islands Wednesday and
Fiery heat burned eastern Pakistan and northwestern India this
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From: admin-auto{at}weathermatrix.net
Date: Thu May 06 2004 - 19:40:01 EDT
southern India. Late Thursday afternoon, EDT, this un-named cyclone is
centered 520 miles south of Mumbai (Bombay), India, where it holds
highest sustained winds of 45 mph. The cyclone is drifting towards the
north-northeast at only 2 mph. Forecasts call for the storm to take on
a northwestward heading soon and to slowly, but steadily strengthen
over the next 2-3 days. On this course, the cyclone's core would stay
over open seas, though any eastward deviation would cause western
India to be threatened.
state of Kerala Tuesday to Thursday. In Cochin, rainfall was almost
11.1 inches within about 50 hours. Kozhikode was pelted by downpours
that amounted to 7.4 inches within a little more than 24 hours.
Ocean, is dissipating and has hooked away from the southern Chagos
Archipelago, the nearest land. Late Thursday morning, EDT, this weak
cyclone holds highest sustained winds of 35 mph. Centered 175 miles
east of Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory, the storm is now
moving east-northeastward at 6 mph. Dissipation over open seas is
forecast for this cyclone.
Thursday. The approach of a cold front instigated downpours and gusty
winds which briefly reached gale force early on Wednesday. As low
pressure took shape upon the cold front Thursday, heavy thunderstorms
unleashed soaking rains and wind gusts nearly to 50 mph on this
British Dependent Territory in the western Atlantic Ocean. In all,
rainfall was about 2.8 inches, or 60% of the monthly mean.
midweek. In Pakistan, 116 degrees was recorded at Nawabshah, Chhor and
Badin on Wednesday. Chhor and Nawabshah soared to a sizzling 118
degrees on Thursday. The worst of the heat in India was in the state
of Gujarat where Rajkot reached 114 degrees Wednesday and Thursday.
Both Bhuj and Ahmadabad spiked to 113 on Wednesday.
A slow-moving storm soaked central Europe the past couple of
days. Much of northern Italy and Switzerland has had 1 to 2 inches of
rain since early in the week. Locarno, Switzerland has had rain off and
on since Monday; heaviest Wednesday into Thursday. Total rainfall has
been 7.28 inches since Monday. In the Alps, above 3,000 feet, the
precipitation has fallen in the form of snow and much of the region
has had a couple of feet of snow since the storm began.
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