[STORMREPORTS] AccuWeather World Weather Highlights Wednesday, Aug 11
August 11, 2004 5:35 p.m.
Typhoon Rananim is dealing Japan's Sakishima Shoto a harsh blow.
Rananim lashed Japan's Sakishima Shoto Wednesday to Thursday,
Tropical Storm Malakas is churning wide open waters of the western
This week has been unusually warm in Iceland, and Wednesday
Unusually heavy rains pelted parts of Great Britain early this
Heavy rainfall soaked portions of Switzerland late Tuesday into
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From: admin-auto{at}weathermatrix.net
Date: Wed Aug 11 2004 - 19:40:01 EDT
Late Wednesday afternoon, EDT, Rananim is centered 95 miles
north-northwest of Ishigaki Jima, Japan, and 160 miles east of Taipei,
Taiwan. With highest sustained winds of 90 mph, the typhoon is moving
northwestward at 13 mph. Rananim is forecast to head over the southern
East China Sea giving northern Taiwan a glancing hit and then to land
in eastern China south of Shanghai within 18-24 hours.
local time. On Miyako Jima, sustained winds reached nearly 50 mph and
rainfall, as of Wednesday evening, was 6.7 inches. Whole gales blew
for more than 12 hours at Ishigaki Shima where 4.2 inches of rain had
been collected as of Wednesday evening, local time.
North Pacific Ocean. Malakas is centered 845 miles north-northwest of
Wake Island as of late Wednesday afternoon, EDT. With highest
sustained winds of 40 mph, the storm is moving northeastward at 20
mph. Malakas will continue on a northeastward heading without any
interaction with land during the next 2-3 days.
brought some of the warmest weather yet. In the southwest, Keflavik
and Reykjavik, the national capital, both spiked to 77 degrees. The
southeastern town of Hofn was nearly as warm with a high of 76
degrees. All three of these sites have a mean daily high in the middle
50s during August.
week. In southern Scotland, for example, Eskdalemuir had received
over 4.5 inches of rain from Monday through Wednesday morning. In
England, Wittering collected 3.7 inches of rain during the same time.
Both Leeming and Watnall, England, were doused by 2.6 inches of rain.
Wednesday morning. In the 12-hour period ending Wednesday morning,
local time, Geneva reported 1.69 inches of rain. Payerne received
1.22 inches, while Locarno received 1.65 inches.
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