April 10, 2005 11:51 a.m.

 Heavy rain and thunderstorms have struck parts of China. The
monthly average rainfall figure of 2.56 inches at Zhumadian was easily
exceeded (in less than a day), as 3.23 inches fell up to midnight on
Friday. In nearby Jingzhou 2.44 inches was recorded, with 1.73 inches
falling at Yibin. The city of Beijing was also quite wet, 0.67 inches
falling in just 12 hours. Their average for April is 0.71 inches.

 Spring weather finally arrived in Moscow this past week with
temperatures averaging 8-10 degrees F above normal. Highs were in the
50s and low 60s F. The previous 5 weeks had been cold and snowy with
the snow pack standing 20 inches deep on April 1st. As of Friday, the
snow depth was 5 inches and decreasing rapidly. The normal high this
time of the year is 45 degrees F.

 Torrential downpours along the northeast coast of Sumatra early
Saturday soaked Belewan with over 8 inches of rain in less than 12
hours time.

 A slow-moving front plodded northward across northern Argentina,
southern Paraguay and southern Brazil Friday into early Saturday. It
unleashed heavy rainfall in it's path. Posadas, in northeast Argentina,
had 3.43 inches of rain in 18 hours time. Encarnacion, in southern
Paraguay, was deluged with 6.30 inches in a similar time frame.
Resistencia, Argentina had 3.94 inches while Sao Luiz Gonzaga, in
southern Brazil had 2.79 inches over the past 24 hours.

 As of early Sunday, Tropical Cyclone Adeline-Juliet was near 20
degrees south and 65.0 degrees east. Movement was to the southwest at
15 mph. This is a very powerful storm with sustained winds around 140
mph and gusts to 165 mph. Fortunately, this storm is over open
waters and poses no immediate threat to any land. Adeline-Juliet will
continue on its southwesterly track before taking a more southerly
track on Monday. This storm will pass to the east of the island of
Rodriguez. Over the next couple of days, Tropical Cyclone
Adeline-Juliet will continue to move over open waters and gradually
weaken early next week.

            
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