[STORMREPORTS] AccuWeather World Weather Highlights Monday, May 10
May 10, 2004 6:32 p.m.
Tropical Cyclone 01A has weakened considerably over the northeastern
A spring heat wave broke out this first week of May across
A torrid heat wave has been occurring over southern Egypt and
The heat wave surged northward into Israel, Lebanon, Syria and
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From: admin-auto{at}weathermatrix.net
Date: Mon May 10 2004 - 19:40:01 EDT
Arabian Sea Monday evening, EDT. Satellite imagery reveals an exposed
low-level circulation as the convection associated with the storm has
fallen apart. While brief flare-ups may still occur Monday night in
Tuesday, this cyclone is expected to dissipate by midweek. This system
was responsible for heavy thunderstorms along the west coast of India
the past several days. In Rajkot, rainfall Sunday into Monday was 1.7
inches. The increased cloud-cover and rain also brought marked
cooling. Rajkot, which had reached 105 degrees on Sunday, only spiked
at 81 degrees on Monday.
Scandinavia, the Baltic Nations and northwest Russia. Since May 1st,
overall temperatures throughout much of this region ran 10
to 15 degrees higher than average. In Helsinki, Finland, the high
Wednesday was 73; the average high for this time of year being 52.
Thursday saw a high of 77 in Helsinki and the temperature spiked to 77
again Friday and 78 on Saturday. Helsinki's high on Sunday was 75.
St. Petersburg, Russia had similar heat with the high Wednesday
of 78; 23 degrees warmer than average. Thursday's and Friday's highs
were 80, while the high on Saturday was 78. Sunday cooled slightly
with a high of 73. Cooler air is now overspreading this region and
and by the middle of this coming week, temperatures will be averaging
at least a few degrees cooler than normal.
northern Sudan the past few days. Aswan, Egypt had a high of 114 on
Friday, Saturday reached 116 and then the high Sunday was 117. Luxor,
Egypt reached 112 Friday, then soared to 116 both Saturday and Sunday.
Mankobad spiked to 118 on Sunday, but the highest readings in
southern Egypt were observed in Kharga, where the high Friday was 116,
then Saturday spiked to 119 and finally the heat peaked on Sunday at
120 degrees. In Sudan, the highs over the past few days were
generally between 112 and 116 with the highest temperature being 117
at both Dongala and Wadi Halfa on Sunday.
Jordan Monday. Both Amman, Jordan and Damascus, Syria spiked at 99
degrees, more than 15 degrees above normal. Beirut, Lebanon, which
typically has highs in the upper-70s in mid-May, rose to 93 degrees
around lunchtime locally, before dropping back into the 80s on an
afternoon sea breeze. By far, the most astounding reading occurred in
the capital city of Israel. Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport rose to a
scorching 106 degrees, 20-25 degrees above the average for the day.
Even Haifa, along Israel's coast fell just one degree shy of the
century mark for a high Monday.
Strong low pressure moved across south Korea into southern and
central Japan Sunday into Monday leaving behind some impressive
rainfall. Miyazaki, Japan wad doused by 3.05 inches of rain, while
Owase measured 3.52 inches. Kagoshima had 4.08 inches in about 36
hours time and Shionomisaki had 4.12 inches in a similar time span.
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