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Date: Tue Jan 18 2005 - 19:40:02 EST
January 18, 2005 5:58 p.m.
Tropical Storm Kulap is over the North Pacific Ocean far from any
land. Late Tuesday afternoon, EST, Kulap is located 630 miles west of
Wake Island. It holds highest sustained winds of 50 mph as it makes
its way towards the east-northeast at 26 mph. Kulap is forecast to
track towards the northeast over open seas.
Late Tuesday afternoon, EST, a tropical cyclone is churning the
open South Indian Ocean. It is 655 miles southeast of Diego Garcia.
Moving towards the southwest at 17 mph, the cyclone holds highest
sustained winds of 50 mph. The storm is forecast to head mostly
towards the southwest over open seas for at least the next two to
three days.
A tropical wave over the western South Indian Ocean has potential
to become a tropical cyclone. This wave is northeast of northern
Madagascar.
Heavy rains since Sunday have drenched southwestern British
Columbia, Canada. Pitt Meadows, east of Vancouver, picked up 5.0
inches of rain. A wide area in and about Vancouver has seen anywhere
from 2.0 to 6.0 inches of rain. Far to the east, the interior town of
Revelstoke had heavy snow with water equivalent of 2.2 inches, which
is enough for about two feet of snow.
A severe winter storm headed out to sea from Newfoundland Tuesday.
This storm made its mark as a blizzard over northwestern Newfoundland
Island and the southeastern Labrador mainland of Newfoundland. Blanc
Sablon, along the Strait of Belle Isle, weathered hurricane gusts,
sustained whiteouts and snowfall of one to two feet.
Monday afternoon, San Juan, along the foot of the Argentina
Andes, reached a withering 105 degrees.
Tuesday was abnormally hot in portions of southwestern South
Africa. At Vredendal, the high of 110 degrees was 25 degrees above
average. The 102-degree top mark at Langebaanweg was more than 15
degrees over the average. Cape Town, on the coast, set a high of 92
degrees whereas January's mean daily high is 79.
In Moscow, Russia, Tuesday had a morning low of 24 degrees and an
afternoon high of 30. The 27-degree average temperature for the day
was 18 degrees above the mean. Tuesday, therefore, was the 34th
straight day to be milder than usual here. January has been especially
mild in comparison to "normal"; the month's first 18 days had an
average temperature that was 21 degrees above the mean.
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