[STORMREPORTS] AccuWeather World Weather Highlights Wednesday, Mar 02
March 2, 2005 5:25 p.m.
Mighty Tropical Cyclone Percy continues to ply the South Pacific
Snow fell Wednesday over western Europe including stretches of
Wednesday, high winds churned up severe dust and sand storms
The time for highest winter snow cover is at hand for the
Heavy rains doused Oman Tuesday. Saiq, set high in the Akhdar
Wednesday, springlike warmth built over many areas near the
Heavy rains have washed remote Gough Island in the central South
Rainfall was 4.1 inches within 30 hours as of late Wednesday,
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From: admin-auto{at}weathermatrix.net
Date: Wed Mar 02 2005 - 19:40:01 EST
Ocean. Late Wednesday afternoon, EST, the eye of Percy is 495 miles
southeast of Pago Pago, American Samoa; it is also about 120 miles
west-southwest of Palmerston Atoll, Cook Islands. Drifting towards
the south at 13 mph, Percy holds highest sustained winds of 150 mph.
For the next day or two, Percy is forecast to head mostly towards the
southeast; this would be over open water, as Palmerston Atoll is the
only nearby land.
England, northern France, northern Germany and the Low Countries. A
few inches whitened Rouen and Abbeville, France. One-half foot of new
snow blanketed Copenhagen, Denmark, and new snowfall was about one
foot over Griefwald in northeastern Germany.
for a third-straight day over the heart of the Sahara. At I-n-Amenas,
Algeria, 45-mph sustained winds and 100-yard visibility was observed
Wednesday. Thick dust clouds shrouded the sky right to the
Mediterranean shores of Libya, even though local winds were light.
northern Pacific shores of Asia. In northern Japan, snow depth was
68 inches early Wednesday at Aomori, northern Honshu. On Kamchatka
Peninsula, Russia, the latest fall of snow hiked snow depth to 102
inches as of Wednesday.
Mountains, picked up 3.4 inches of rain beginning Monday. In Masqat
(Muscat), two-day rainfall, bolstered by thunderstorms, was 1.3
inches, or more than the average rainfall for February through March.
eastern Mediterranean Sea. Tel Aviv, Israel, spiked to 87 degrees
whereas the average high for the date is 69. Soaring 20 degrees above
average were: Beirut, Lebanon, at 86 degrees; Amman, Jordan, with a
77-degree high; and Damascus, Syria, where a high of 80 was set. Much
of Egypt reached the 90s, including 93 degrees at El 'Arish which lies
right on the Mediterranean.
Atlantic Ocean this week. Rainfall was 6.8 inches within 60 hours as
of late Wednesday afternoon, local time. Gough Island is a British
possession, although the weather station and the land on which it is
situated, is leased to South Africa.
local time, at Besalampy, western Madagascar.
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