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Date: Thu Jun 02 2005 - 19:40:02 EDT
World Weather Summary
Updated: June 2, 2005 11:16 a.m.
Nesat is a strong typhoon with growth potential over the southern
Philippine Sea. Late Thursday morning, EDT, the eye of Typhoon Nesat
is 230 miles northwest of Yap Island. With top sustained winds of 130
mph, Nesat is moving west-northwestward at 10 mph. Nesat is forecast
to intensify further and to take on a northwestward heading towards
the middle Philippine Sea during the next 2-3 days.
The end of May and the start of June were unusually rainy on parts
of Cyprus, an island nation in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Near the
capital, Nicosia, rainfall was 4.9 inches within 72 hours as of midday
Thursday, local time, at Athalassa. The average rainfall here is 1.0
inch during May and only 0.4 of an inch in June.
Much of northern Ontario, Canada, had summerlike heat on
Wednesday. In the province's far north and near the chilly waters of
Hudson Bay, Peawanuck soared to 87 degrees. To the southeast and at
the southern tip of James Bay, the 86-degree high at Moosonee was more
than 25 degrees above average.
Meantime, the southwestern corner of Manitoba, Canada, was hit by
heavy rain late Wednesday and Wednesday night. At Melita, 24-hour
rainfall as of Thursday morning was 4.5 inches. Dauphin gathered in
about 2.5 inches of rain during the same interval.
Wednesday, fiery heat burned parts of southeastern Mexico near the
southern Gulf of Mexico. Coatzacoalcos and Villahermosa set respective
highs of 108 and 106 degrees whereas average daily highs at the
beginning of June are in the upper 80s.
Soaking thunderstorms struck portions of western Cuba Tuesday
night to early Thursday. At one site, Casa Blanca, rainfall was about
5.3 inches within 36 hours.
Wednesday was even hotter than usual in Sudan. The cities of
Atbara and Karima were especially hot with respective highs of 117 and
116 degrees.
Calcutta, northeastern India, sweltered on Thursday. The high of
106 degrees was well above the average daily high of 94 during early
June. Moreover, it felt as hot as 128 degrees when adding in the
effects of heightened humidity, strong sunshine and the lack of a
cooling breeze.
Recent days have been quite rainy on India's Andaman Islands in
the eastern Bay of Bengal. At Port Blair, South Andaman Island, for
example, rainfall was about 7.4 inches from Monday morning to late
Thursday, local time.
Thundery downpours left 4.6 inches of rain in a little more than
twelve hours late Wednesday evening to early Thursday afternoon,
local time, on the Fijian island of Rotuma.
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