[STORMREPORTS] AccuWeather World Weather Highlights Friday, Aug 12
World Weather Summary
A deep and thick haze of smoke has covered much of
Thursday, the Saharan heat continued to stretch right to
Hurricane Fernanda as of midday Friday is residing over the
Tropical Storm Greg continues to gather strength over the
As of midday Friday morning, Tropical Storm Sanvu is centered
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From: admin-auto{at}weathermatrix.net
Date: Fri Aug 12 2005 - 19:40:01 EDT
Updated: August 12, 2005 9:43 a.m.
The active southwest monsoonal flow continued to affect
the Philippines on Thursday. Many places over Luzon of the
northern Philippines were drenched with spells of heavy
rainfall. Iba in western Luzon received 4.75 inches as
Laoag in northwestern Luzon had a rainfall amount of 4.89
inches. However, both of these rainfall totals fail to
compare to the strikingly high amount of 12.11 inches,
recorded at Tuguegarao in eastern Luzon.
Malaysia over the past week from forest fires in
Indonesia. The smoke filled air has caused much discomfort
amongst the residents of Malaysia with school closures,
flights being grounded and delays in shipping materials.
In addition, the smoke has caused a series of health
concerns from the rise in people suffering from asthma
to sore throats and irritated eyes.
the shores of the Mediterranean Sea in parts of northwestern
Africa. In northern Tunisia, Tabarqa soared back to 108 degrees
and Bizerte peaked at 103. In northern Algeria, a high of
98 degrees was recorded at Annaba. These marks continue to run
15-20 degrees above average.
eastern Pacific with sustained winds of 80 mph. The direction of
movement is to the northwest at 8 mph. This is about as strong
as Fernanda is going to get at this point as weakening is
expected to occur over the next several days as Fernanda
continues to journey father out into the Pacific.
eastern Pacific Ocean as of midday Friday. Greg has sustained winds
of 50 mph as the storm heads off in a westerly direction. Over
the next 1-3 days, Greg will intensify some and become a hurricane
sometime on Friday night or Saturday. Peak winds with Greg are
projected to be around 80 mph during the day Saturday with little
or no intensification beyond that.
just to the northwest of the Philippines, tracking to the
northwest at 12 mph. Sanvu currently has sustained winds of
50 mph with slight strengthening expected over the next 24 hours
as the storm heads towards the southeast coast of China. Sanvu is
expected to make landfall over southeast China sometime on
Saturday afternoon or early Saturday night.
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