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  A Day of Tropical Drama: Forecasting Rangoon's Temperamental Skies on May 15th, 2025 The air in Rangoon, or Yangon as it is officially known today, awoke with a heavy sigh on this 15th day of May in the year 2025. It wasn't the crisp, cool breath of the dry season departing; that had already bid its farewell weeks ago. Instead, the morning atmosphere was thick, laden with a palpable moisture that clung to everything – the ancient stupas reaching for the heavens, the vibrant leaves of the roadside trees, the very skin of the city's inhabitants. This was the unmistakable preamble, the sticky, expectant stillness that heralded the imminent arrival of the southwest monsoon, the lifeblood and sometimes the tempest of Myanmar's climate. As the first hints of pearly light began to soften the edges of the eastern horizon, pushing back the lingering shadows of night, the weather forecast for the day ahead began to weave its intricate tapestry across the city's consciousne...

 Today, Tuesday, the 13th of May, the city of Nicosia, the last divided capital in the world, awoke not to the gentle caress of a coastal breeze, but to the quiet promise of the inland heat. Situated in the heart of Cyprus, far from the tempering influence of the Mediterranean Sea, Nicosia experiences a climate that is distinctly its own, especially as spring gives way to the long, hot summer. This particular May morning was a prologue to that heat, a transition from the pleasant mildness of early spring to the intense warmth that defines the Cypriot summer. As dawn broke, painting the sky over the Mesaoria plain in soft hues of rose and gold, the air in Nicosia was relatively cool, holding onto the remnants of the night's lower temperatures. Sunrise, around 5:50 AM, was a clean, clear affair, the sun appearing as a sharp, bright disk in the eastern sky. There were no lingering clouds to soften its ascent, no coastal mist to diffuse its light. From the ancient Venetian walls encirc...