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Date: Tue Oct 05 2004 - 19:40:01 EDT
October 5, 2004 5:42 p.m.
Tropical Storm Ma-on is strengthening over the Philippine Sea.
Late Tuesday afternoon, EDT, Ma-on has top sustained winds near 60 mph
about a center which is 570 miles southeast of Naha, Okinawa, Japan.
The storm is moving northwestward at 7 mph. Ma-on is forecast to
strengthen and could become a typhoon by Wednesday or Thursday. A
track generally to the north is foreseen over the next 2 to 3 days and
Ma-on could threaten southern Japan by Friday or Saturday.
Tuesday, Tropical Storm Kay quickly formed over the eastern North
Pacific Ocean, then weakened back to a tropical depression late in the
day. Late in the afternoon, EDT, Tropical Depression Kay holds highest
sustained winds of 35 mph. Centered 250 miles south-southwest of
Clarion, one of Mexico's Revillagigedo Islands, and 690 miles
southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, the depression is moving towards
the west-northwest at 13 mph. Kay is forecast to move westward over
wide open seas with little change in strength during the next 2-3
days.
Monday was unseasonably hot in portions of western Mexico. In
northern Sinaloa, highs were 104 and 102 degrees, respectively, in
Choix and Culiacan. Across the Gulf of California and right on the
eastern coast of Baja California Sur, a top temperature of 104 degrees
was also observed at Santa Rosalia.
Locally excessive rains have swamped the Philippines in recent
days. In southeastern Luzon, for example, Daet was soaked by 10.5
inches of rain within 60 hours ended Tuesday evening, local time.
Tropical moisture has moved inland over northeast India the past
few days and caused outpouring of torrential rain. Bhubaneswar had
5.5 inches of rain since Sunday, while nearby Balasore was flooded
with 7.3 inches.
As of Tuesday morning, local time, three-day rainfall at Omaezaki,
Japan, was 8.2 inches. Oshima reported 8.9 inches, while 7.1 inches
was recorded in Tokyo.
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