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Date: Mon Nov 08 2004 - 19:40:02 EST
November 8, 2004 5:39 p.m.
Sunday night into Monday, a tropical cyclone was dissipating near
the Arabian Sea island of Suqutra. Torrential rains were pounding the
rugged island, especially in the northeast.
Monday, a new tropical cyclone is over the Indian Ocean. As of
late Monday afternoon, EST, Tropical Cyclone Arola is over the
southern Indian Ocean 450 miles southeast of the island of Diego
Garcia. Holding highest sustained of 50 mph, Arola is heading
towards the southwest at 7 mph. An overall southwesterly track over
open seas is forecast for the next two to three days.
Heavy rains washed northern Honduras Sunday and Sunday night.
Rainfall at La Ceiba was at least 7.3 inches.
Heavy rains pelted the western Balkan Peninsula Sunday to Monday.
Montenegro, southern Serbia, Albania and northwestern Greece all
weathered heavy to excessive rainfall. Rainfall was 4.2 inches at
Podgorica, Montenegro; 3.7 inches washed Aktion, Greece.
Heavy seasonal rains over Songkhla, southern Thailand, amounted to
6.7 inches within two days as of Monday evening, local time.
Greenland's northern tip, Cape Morris Jessup, suffered fearsome
winds and bitter cold early Monday. Winds reached 40-60 mph as
temperatures hovered 10 to 15 degrees below zero. Wind chill dipped 50
to 55 degrees below zero.
Winds late Sunday night gusted between 65 and 70 mph at
Honningsvag, Norway, which is near Scandinavia's northern end.
High winds blew through Davis and Mawson, Antarctica over the
weekend. Peak sustained winds were 65 mph at Mawson, these lasting
for at least 6 hours, and 55 mph at Davis, also for nearly 6 hours.
Wind chills hovered near zero and blowing snow filled the air.
Sunday, fiery heat burned parts of Mexico's Sinaloa state. At
Culiacan, the high of 99 degrees was 12 degrees above the daily mean
high for November.
Portions of northern Canada have suffered through harsh cold
during recent days. In Yukon, for example, Dawson froze on Sunday with
a high of -17 degrees. This followed a morning low of 32 degrees below
zero. These marks were more than 30 degrees below the average high and
low for the date which are 15 and 1. Far to the northeast on Ellesmere
Island, meanwhile, Eureka set a high and low of -33 and -43 degrees,
respectively, on Sunday with these readings 15-20 degrees lower than
the daily means.
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