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To: Boplicity who wrote (3006)	7/24/2001 1:39:38 PM
From: T L Comiskey	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13815

Enclave Hit by Freak Heatwaves MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's North African enclave of Melilla was hit by freak heatwaves on Monday which sent temperatures shooting up as much by as 30 degrees Fahrenheit in a matter of minutes. Spain's Meteorological Institute said it registered two heat surges during the morning, the first sending thermometers soaring to a sweltering 105-F from a warm 75-F before falling away again within 15 minutes. An hour later, the second burst of heat pushed temperatures up by 59-F before again cooling down a few minutes later. "I was working with the window open when it suddenly started getting very hot and gusty. It was like a hot desert wind and we quickly shut the windows and got the air-conditioning on," said a receptionist at a government building in Melilla. The weather office said in a statement that a mass of hot and dry air had replaced a layer of cooler moist sea air near the city, causing temperatures to surge and gusts of wind of up to 44 mph. Melilla is located on a small peninsular on Morocco's Mediterranean coast.