[STORMREPORTS] AccuWeather World Weather Highlights Friday, May 07
May 7, 2004 5:21 p.m.
A tropical cyclone continues to spin over the Arabian Sea west of
Heavy rains linked to the Arabian cyclone doused India's southern
A fierce and long-lived windstorm and blizzard belted a rather
A spring heat wave has broken out this first week of May across
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From: admin-auto{at}weathermatrix.net
Date: Fri May 07 2004 - 19:40:01 EDT
southern India. As of late Friday afternoon, EDT, this un-named
cyclone is centered 470 miles south of Mumbai (Bombay), India, where
it holds highest sustained winds of 50 mph. The cyclone is drifting
towards the west-northwest at only 2-3 mph. Forecasts call for a
general northwestward heading and perhaps some strengthening during
the next 2-3 days. On this course, the cyclone's core would stay over
the open Arabian Sea through at least Monday.
state of Kerala Tuesday through Friday. Kozhikode was pelted by
downpours that amounted to 12.4 inches. Cochin, meanwhile, had total
rainfall of 14.4 inches.
large section of West Antarctica at mid- and late-week. Germany's
Neumayer base on the Ekstrom Ice Shelf withstood sustained winds of
45-70 mph for more than 42 hours as of late Friday as temperatures
slowly rose from minus-10 degrees to near plus-10. The fierce winds
whipped snow from the ground into blinding whiteouts which cut the
visibility to virtually nil. Westward at Halley, a British outpost,
50-60 mph winds blew, more-or-less, for about 48 hours Wednesday to
Thursday. The frigid winds here, too, lifted snow into thick, opaque
clouds.
Scandinavia and northwest Russia. Since May 1st, overall temperatures
throughout much of this region have averaged 10 to 15 degrees warmer
than normal. In Helsinki, Finland, the high Wednesday was 73; the
normal high for this time of year being 52. Thursday saw a high of 77
in Helsinki and the temperature spiked to 77 again Friday. St.
Petersburg, Russia has had similar heat with the high Wednesday of 78;
23 degrees warmer than normal. Thursday's high was 80 and Friday was
again in the upper 70s.
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