[Dave K]

A bit late in the year to start, I know, but I think it would be useful to have a thread as a repository for small items of weather news/chat from outside Europe and North America that don't merit a complete thread of their own.

To kick off:

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Sharjah in the UAE logged its highest temperature on record with 49.3 °C on the 25th July.

http://gulfnews.com/...tures-1.1053917

[Dave K]

Flooding in Irkutsk, Siberian Russia earlier this month - easier than wading but you wouldn't get away with this here I'm sure!

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=QsqU9sCn64s

[Dave K]

While the Eastern Monsoons for Bengal and Bangladesh have brought above average, if slightly late, rainfall, the Western Monsoons have been well below average with a 22% deficit against normal at the halfway point of the season, sparking fears of drought.

http://uk.reuters.co...E86P0ZS20120726


Meanwhile devastating landslides hit Bangladesh which are the result of days of torrential rain , killing almost 70 people. There are reports of up to 400mm of rain falling in just 12 hours at Chittagong.

http://www.aljazeera...3136333529.html

[HSEA3]

Liawenee Tasmania reported a new record low last month.

Previous record -10.4c in 1992
http://www.bom.gov.a...96065_All.shtml

New record -10.6c
http://www.themercur...mania-news.html
http://www.bom.gov.a...27.201206.shtml


The low maximum of -1.0c was also only 0.2c off a record.

[Dave K]

Thanks Nick - I see you've added 1 to your handle!


Week long exceptional rainfall in North Korea causes severe flooding, Anju reports 410 mm rainfall in a day

http://www.ogimet.co...&day=30&hora=00


88 killed, 63 000 made homeless, crops destroyed, for more info see http://www.cnn.com/2...oods/index.html

[Chris Alder]

Sulaibiya in Kuwait reporting 53C at 1500 local time, very close to the national record and again very close to the highest reliably recorded temperature ever.

Quite a few other readings of 50C and over in that area.

Sulaibiya (55 m, Kuwait) 53.0 °C
Failakah Island (6 m, Kuwait) 52.0 °C
Mitribah (119 m, Kuwait) 52.0 °C
Al Jahra (55 m, Kuwait) 51.0 °C
Kuwait (11 m, Kuwait) 51.0 °C
Sabriyah (0 m, Kuwait) 51.0 °C
Basra (2 m, Iraq) 51.0 °C
Rabyah (21 m, Kuwait) 51.0 °C
Al-fao (2 m, Iraq) 51.0 °C
Nuwasib (20 m, Kuwait) 50.0 °C
Ahwas AP (22 m, Iran) 50.0 °C
Bubian Island (6 m, Kuwait) 50.0 °C
Abadan (6 m, Iran) 50.0 °C
Jal Aliyah (120 m, Kuwait) 50.0 °C
Wafra (107 m, Kuwait) 50.0 °C

[Dave K]

Chris Alder, on 31 July 2012 - 13:18, said:

Sulaibiya in Kuwait reporting 53C at 1500 local time, very close to the national record and again very close to the highest reliably recorded temperature ever.

Actually 53.2 °C on the synop report, which is 127.8 °F. Again annoying that NWS only reports a rounded 128 °F for Death Valley earlier this month so we don't really know which was hotter.

Have to wait now for the max to be reported, see if it beats 53.3 °C which is Kuwait's national record.

This post has been edited by Dave K: 31 July 2012 - 13:27

[Ian Williams]

Dave K, on 31 July 2012 - 13:26, said:

Actually 53.2 °C on the synop report, which is 127.8 °F. Again annoying that NWS only reports a rounded 128 °F for Death Valley earlier this month so we don't really know which was hotter.

Have to wait now for the max to be reported, see if it beats 53.3 °C which is Kuwait's national record.

Kuwiat now has a new National record 53.6C @ Sulaibiya (or 128.5F)


http://www.ogimet.co...&day=31&hora=21

This post has been edited by Ian Williams: 31 July 2012 - 21:31

[Dave K]

Ian Williams, on 31 July 2012 - 21:28, said:

Kuwiat now has a new National record 53.6C @ Sulaibiya (or 128.5F)


http://www.ogimet.co...&day=31&hora=21

IF ratified it will also be a new Asian record beating 53.5 °C at Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan on 26 May 2010.

Three other Kuwaiti stations exceeded 52 °C, and Abadan in Iran hit 52.0 °C too.

[Chris Alder]

So can also assume this temp beats the rounded 128f from Death valley for hottest of the year? Conditions are favourable for similar temps today so one to watch.

[Dave K]

Chris Alder, on 01 August 2012 - 05:50, said:

So can also assume this temp beats the rounded 128f from Death valley for hottest of the year? Conditions are favourable for similar temps today so one to watch.

Probably does beat the Death Valley reading, but not sure if we will ever find out!

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This could probably go in the Tropical Storm Discussion but I don't think I'm worthy to start a thread there

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Two typhoons headed towards China
In the Western Pacific, typhoon season is in full swing with two typhoons headed towards China. The more dangerous of the two is Category 2 Typhoon Saola, which is predicted to skirt the northern coast of Taiwan and hit mainland China 300 miles south of Shanghai on Friday as a Category 3 typhoon. Typhoon Damrey, a Category 1 storm located just south of Japan, is expected to hit China about 150 miles north of Shanghai on Thursday at Category 1 strength.

[Dave K]

Typhoon Saola not making many news reports but has already caused 23 deaths in the Philippines and made 180 000 flee their homes before moving into Taiwan.

http://www.vancouver...0637/story.html

[Dave K]

Ian Williams, on 31 July 2012 - 21:28, said:

Kuwiat now has a new National record 53.6C @ Sulaibiya (or 128.5F)


http://www.ogimet.co...&day=31&hora=21

It has reportedly been confirmed "valid and reliable" by the Kuwaiti Weather Office, and the German technicians who service all their instruments say everything was in perfect working order. So this is a new record high for Asia (and Kuwait of course) and perhaps the second highest reliable reading after 53.9 °C at Death Valley.

[Dave K]

More about the Kuwait reading at the bottom of http://www.wundergro...tml?entrynum=84

[Dave K]

Mudslide traps 100 in southwestern China, while flood traps 400 in railway tunnel in northeast


The official Xinhua News Agency says the rain-triggered mudslide engulfed a village in Yunnan province on Monday morning, initially trapping at least 200 people. It says firefighters rescued more than 80 people by noon.

In Liaoning province in northeastern China, workers searched for 400 workers trapped in a railway tunnel by two meters (six feet) of water caused by heavy rains.

Read more:http://www.vancouver...6462/story.html

[skanky]

Quote

UPPER AIR...A DEEP LOW NEAR 78N 160E EAST WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN
TO OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS AS IT TRACKS TO THE NORTHEAST AND JUST
SOUTH OF THE POLE. ALL OF THE MODELS ALL HAVE AN ANOMALOUSLY DEEP
SUB 510 DM LOW AT 500 MILLIBARS BY 12Z TUE. A LOW THIS DEEP IN
AUGUST IS INDEED A RARE EVENT....

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UPPER AIR...A VERY DEEP 508 DM LOW AT 500 MILLIBARS IS NEAR 82N 170W
EARLY THIS MORNING. THE LOW WILL REMAIN VERY DEEP DURING THE NEXT
60 HOURS AS IT WOBBLES AROUND WITH LITTLE NET MOVEMENT AND PERHAPS
JUST A SLIGHT DRIFT TO THE EAST. A MUCH WEAKER LOW IN THE GULF OF
ALASKA WILL ALSO REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OR SLOWLY DRIFT TO THE
EAST DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. A STRONG JET SOUTH OF THE HIGH
ARCTIC LOW HAS PUSHED AS FAR SOUTH AS THE WESTERN ARCTIC COAST AND
WILL SINK SOUTH OF THE BROOKS RANGE BY TONIGHT. A SHORTWAVE TROUGH
WILL DIG INTO NW ALASKA TONIGHT AND MOVE INTO THE WESTERN INTERIOR
TUESDAY AND WEAKEN AS IT MOVES SOUTHEAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
RIDGING WILL HOLD TIGHT ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST INTERIOR THROUGH AT
LEAST WEDNESDAY. A STRONG RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO BUILD ACROSS THE
CENTRAL BERING SEA BY TUESDAY AND SLOWLY MOVE EAST TOWARD THE
WESTERN MAINLAND BY THURSDAY.

SFC...A 965 MB LOW WHICH IS AN UNUSUALLY DEEP LOW FOR ANY TIME OF THE
YEAR IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN IS NOW VERTICALLY STACKED UNDER THE LOW
ALOFT. THE LOW WILL ONLY VERY SLOWLY FILL THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE
WEEK BUT WILL STILL BE A FORMIDABLE 980 MB LOW ON WEDNESDAY. A
STRONG COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW IS SWEEPING EAST ACROSS
THE BEAUFORT SEA COAST THIS MORNING WITH VERY STRONG COLD AIR
ADVECTION IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW. BY LATE TODAY THE FRONT SHOULD
HAVE CROSSED DEMARCATION POINT AND WILL STRETCH BACK ACROSS THE
BROOKS RANGE TO NEAR THE BERING STRAIT. THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE
FRONT SHOULD WORK DOWN THE WEST COAST TO THE Y-K DELTA ON TUESDAY
WITH THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE FRONT GETTING HELD UP SOMEWHERE IN
THE SOUTHEAST BROOKS RANGE.

http://www.nws.noaa....type=discussion

[Dave K]

Siberia gripped by forest fires

Fires are spreading across vast Siberian forests in a flashback to the summer of 2010, when the worst drought on record sparked fires that killed dozens of Russians. The total area of forests gripped by fire in Russia has increased to 11 million-12 million hectares, Grigory Kuksin, head of the Greenpeace Russia fire safety program told Novye Izvestia paper on Friday.


http://en.rian.ru/ru.../174955569.html and http://www.news.com....i-1226444255507

[skanky]

Dave K, on 06 August 2012 - 20:47, said:

Siberia gripped by forest fires

Fires are spreading across vast Siberian forests in a flashback to the summer of 2010, when the worst drought on record sparked fires that killed dozens of Russians. The total area of forests gripped by fire in Russia has increased to 11 million-12 million hectares, Grigory Kuksin, head of the Greenpeace Russia fire safety program told Novye Izvestia paper on Friday.


http://en.rian.ru/ru.../174955569.html and http://www.news.com....i-1226444255507

http://earthobservat...ew.php?id=78767

[Dave K]

Cheers for those posts Skanky

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SHANGHAI: China evacuated 200,000 people from Shanghai as the third typhoon in a week bore down on the east coast, state media said Tuesday, warning it could be the most powerful storm to hit since 2005.Typhoon Haikui was expected to make landfall in Zhejiang province, just south of Shanghai, late Tuesday or early Wednesday, the China Meteorological Administration said.



http://dawn.com/2012...atens-shanghai/

[Dave K]

Not strictly weather bur may have an impact on the local conditions for a while...although rain and showers are predicted which should help to disperse the ash.


New Zealand’s Mount Tongariro Erupts, Ash Cloud Disperses



Mount Tongariro, a volcano in New Zealand’s North Island, erupted for the first time in 115 years, creating an ash cloud that closed roads and disrupted regional air travel before moving off the coast.

The eruption was reported by a member of the public about 11:50 p.m. local time yesterday, New Zealand Police said in an e-mailed statement. Government scientists are monitoring the event, which they said was driven by steam rather than magma, and can’t rule out further explosions.

http://www.businessw...forms-ash-cloud



http://tvnz.co.nz/na...ruption-5010016

This post has been edited by Dave K: 07 August 2012 - 10:02