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Date: Sun Oct 03 2004 - 19:40:01 EDT
October 3, 2004 4:08 p.m.
As of Sunday evening, local time, rainfall at Omaezaki, Japan,
was 4.4 inches. Oshima reported 2.8 inches, while 2.4 inches was
recorded in Tokyo.
The southern hemisphere is coming out of winter and emerging into
spring. At the San Martin Base on the Antarctic Peninsula, Saturday
saw temperatures rise through the 30s, topping out at 41 degrees at
midday - more than 15 degrees above normal. However, a blinding snow
squall hit early in the afternoon dropping temperatures through the
teens and below zero by the end of the day. The overnight temperature
bottomed out at 14 degrees below zero. As of midday Sunday, the
temperature had only recovered to 6 degrees - more than 15 degrees
below normal. Winds Sunday afternoon were also sustained at 40 mph,
making it feel like it was more than 30 degrees below zero.
Unusually wet weather hit southeastern Pakistan Saturday night into
Sunday, local time as an unnamed tropical cyclone (03A) moved into the
country. Badin and the country's capital, Karachi, both had 1.3 inches
of rain. Hyderabad reported 1.8 inches.
Torrential rain drenched parts of Vietnam Saturday into Sunday. In
a span of 24-48 hours, over 11 inches swamped Phu Bai while about 4.5
inches fell at Da Nang; over 4 inches was reported in Qui Nhon and
over 3 inches at Vinh.
A downpour unleashed 3.9 inches of rain on Pekanbaru, Indonesia,
in under 6 hours Sunday.
Unusually hot weather has gripped parts of the Middle East this
past week. In Israel, the southern town of Elat set a high of 103 degrees
on Friday. Temperatures have peaked in the 90s in Tel Aviv and
Jerusalem for the past few days; this is nearly 10 degrees above
average. On Friday, the heat reached well to the north over the
Caucasus region, where Kutaisi, Georgia registered a high of 94
degrees, more than 15 degrees above average. By this weekend, the
heat has eased, with temperatures topping out in the middle 90s in
the southern deserts of Israel.
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