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Date: Wed Jan 12 2005 - 19:40:02 EST
January 12, 2005 6:00 p.m.
A storm of hurricane strength swept from the North Atlantic Ocean
to the Norwegian Sea Tuesday and Wednesday. Along the way, it
unleashed gales and hurricane gusts over the shores of Scotland,
Ireland, western Norway and the Faeroe Islands. In the direct path of
the storm`s highest winds, the small island of North Rona, north of
Scotland, weathered highest winds above 100 mph Tuesday night. Winds
Wednesday gusted 80 mph at Kirkwall, Orkney, also north of Scotland.
Rigs on Norway`s Gulfax oil field, between Norway and Shetland, clocked
sustained winds of 83 mph and gusts between 90 and 95 mph at the height
of the storm. On Vagar, Faeroe Islands, highest winds Wednesday were
between 105 and 110 mph.
Northwestern Australia withstood yet another blistering day
Wednesday. Temperatures soared beyond 115 degrees with Nyang reaching
at least 117 degrees by mid afternoon. Marble Bar topped 115 degrees
and Nullagine set a high of 116.
Wednesday brought a severe dust storm to eastern Saudi Arabia. At
Dhahran (Az Zahran), visibility was 100 to 200 yards for several
hours.
As of Wednesday, Tropical Cyclone Kerry is dissipating over the
Coral Sea between Australia and New Caledonia.
In northwestern Canada, much of the Yukon Territory weathered
extreme cold on Wednesday. In Dawson, for example, the temperature
hovered 50 to 57 degrees below zero whereas the average daily high
near middle January is -6.
Wednesday proved to be unusually hot in South America from
northern Argentina into Uruguay. Near Uruguay's capital, Montevideo,
the temperature soared to 95 degrees versus an average high of 83.
Similarly, greater Buenos Aires, Argentina, sweltered to at least 97
degrees inland and 91 or more degrees at the waterfront; average daily
highs in January vary from 82 to 86 degrees across the city.
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