23 Weather

  Beneath the Hammer of the Sun: A Khartoum Weather Story for May 15th The early hours of Thursday, the 15th of May, 2025, did not arrive with the gentle coolness that residents of many other climes might associate with dawn. In Khartoum, nestled at the iconic confluence of the White and Blue Niles, the pre-dawn air already held a significant warmth , a palpable promise of the intense heat that the day would inevitably deliver. As the first faint streaks of light appeared on the horizon, pushing back the deep indigo of the night sky, the weather story for today began to unfold, a narrative dominated by the relentless power of the sun and the pervasive dryness of the air. The weather forecast for Khartoum on this particular May day painted a vivid picture of the conditions to come. The prediction called for a scorching high temperature, expected to soar to an almost punishing 43 to 44 degrees Celsius (approximately 109 to 111 degrees Fahrenheit) during the peak of the afternoon. ...

 The great harbour city of Sydney stirred on the morning of Tuesday, the 13th of May, not with a dramatic flourish of weather, but with a quiet, almost introspective disposition. It was a day that promised subtlety, a canvas of the sky painted not in bold, dramatic strokes, but in soft, diffused layers, characteristic of the transition from the warmth of autumn's peak towards the cooler embrace of winter. As the first hints of light began to smudge the eastern horizon, long before the official sunrise, the air held a palpable sense of moisture. There was a lingering humidity from recent wetter days, wrapping the city in a soft, almost muggy cloak despite the relatively cool temperature. In those pre-dawn hours, the temperature in Sydney hovered around the low to mid-teens Celsius, perhaps starting near the day's observed low of 16.1°C. It wasn't cold enough to see breath mist in the air, but it carried a definite coolness that seeped into the quiet streets and laneways. The...