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Switzerland lost more than 5 per cent of its glacier ice this year and nearly 20 per cent in five. Between July and September the melt came to about 2.2 trillion litres.
A coastal flood advisory runs from Sunday morning to Thursday afternoon at Los Angeles and Orange County beaches. The record it may retire was set at San Pedro on 10 January 2005.
Pacific sea levels this month closely resemble October 1997. NASA's project scientist for the missions that measure them says the typical El Niño is elusive.
Tokyo and Osaka both passed 30C on Wednesday. The Japan Meteorological Agency counts any such day as a midsummer day, whenever it falls.
Subtropical Storm Josephine formed south of Cape Cod with sustained winds of 65 mph and is forecast to strengthen as it turns extratropical. Its thunderstorms are in the wrong place.
A blocking ridge over the northeastern Pacific has pushed the autumn storm track north. British Columbia's south coast is between 100 and 150 millimetres short for the month.
Up to 20 meteors an hour are expected in the early hours of Thursday, clear skies permitting. A strengthening jet stream is not expected to permit many.