Scoop Images: Christmas Weather Around The World

Thursday, 14 December 2000, 1:20 pm
Article: Alastair Thompson

Christmas Day weather today came into view on the the NOAA supercomputer’s long range weather model. According to the forecast – which at this long range must be considered relatively unreliable – New Zealand is in for a mild Christmas day with temperatures ranging from 13 degrees in the south through to 20 degrees in the north.

The forecast map above shows a high pressure system moving away to the East and what looks like a tropical rain event about to strike Northland.

For Christmas day temperatures in NZ see…
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/Christmas.weather/NZChristtemp.gif

New York

On the East Coast of the US it looks like it will be very cold come yuletide….

East Coast US Rain Map….
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/Christmas.weather/NYChristrain.gif
East Coast US Temperature Map…
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/Christmas.weather/NYChristtemp.gif

Europe

European and Blighty weather for Christmas also looks cold, though not as cold as in the US, and more disturbed….

European Rain Map…
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/Christmas.weather/EUChristrain.gif
European Temperature Map…
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/Christmas.weather/EUChristtemp.gif

Israel

Meanwhile in the Holy Land it looks as if Christmas will be cool and clear…

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/Christmas.weather/IsraelChristrain.gif
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/Christmas.weather/IsraelChristtemp.gif

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Alastair Thompson

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Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.

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