World Weather for Wednesday December 8 2021
Middle East: Showers and thunderstorms are indicated for the western regions of Turkey. Other regions of the Middle East will be quiet. Highs will reach 18 in Amman with clouds and sun, 20 Islamabad with sunshine, and 27 in Riyadh with lots of sun.
Europe: High pressure will be positioned and over western European Russia with fair skies expected there and over eastern Europe. A storm system will produce light to moderate rain over western Turkey and parts of Greece. A secondary storm will produce pockets of rain over northern Italy, Switzerland, and Austria and areas of rain mixed with snow over eastern France and central and southern Germany. A third system will produce some snow over southern Sweden. Minor rain showers are expected over western France, northwestern Spain, and northern Portugal. Highs will read 0 in Moscow with sunshine, 5 in Edinburgh with partly sunny skies, and 11 in Rome with mostly sunny skies.
United States and Canada: Areas of low pressure will be situated over New Jersey and Georgia with a frontal boundary extending in between. Pockets of lights to moderate rain will extend from Nova Scotia and coastal Maine south across New Jersey to Pennsylvania and on to Virginia and the Carolinas and Georgia. Areas of high pressure will be situated over northern Quebec and New Mexico with fair weather expected over the central regions of North America. A storm system will produce pockets of rain over Washington, British Columbia, and northern Oregon. Highs will reach 28F in Toronto with nighttime snow showers, 47F in Charlotte with rain, and 79F in Tampa with increasing clouds.
Asia: A surface trough will produce showers over central Japan. High pressure will be positioned over Manchuria with fair weather expected elsewhere across northern and central Asia. Most southern portions of the continent will also be quiet. Showers and thunderstorms will affect southern India and Sri Lanka. A few minor showers are possible over Taiwan, the central Philippines, and Singapore. Highs will reach 7in Beijing with sunshine, 24 in Taipei with a few showers, and 29 in Colombo with scattered thunderstorms.
Africa: Showers will target the coastal regions of Egypt. Other northern and western areas of Africa will feature quiet conditions. To the south, showers are indicated for parts of South Africa, Botswana, Gabon, Congo, and Tanzania. Highs will reach 20 in Alexandria with a few showers, 27 in Nairobi with partial sunshine, and 30 in Douala with clouds and some sun.
Australia and New Zealand: A few showers are likely around Perth. Scattered showers are also possible around Sydney and over the northern tip of the Cape York Peninsula. To the east, a trough will produce some rain over New Zealand's North Island. Highs will reach 23 in Sydney with a few showers, 23 in Auckland with showers, and 33 in Perth with a few scattered showers.
South America: A wave of low pressure will produce showers and thunderstorms over parts of central and northern Argentina. A wave of low pressure will be hovering offshore from the central, eastern coastline of Brazil. Showers and a few thunderstorms are likely there. Showers and thunderstorms will also affect parts of Bolivia, southern Peru, western Brazil, and the interior of Venezuela. Highs will reach 27 in Santiago with partly sunny skies, 27 in Belem with a few thunderstorms, and 29 Cordoba with clouds and some sun
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