let's go to ivan cabrera from the cnn weather center with the latest from both regions. >> thur caneorce winds across the uk now subsiding. those specifically were right along the coast in unprotected areas. london certainly didn't see that. but very impressive where we did clock these winds. take a look at wick airport, 131 kilometer-per-hour winds. this equates to a category two hurricane in the atlantic. what happened? an intense area of low pressure came in. on the back side of it howling westerly winds took over. we've been covering the sunk ship there in the irish sea as a result of those same winds that kicked up the seas and made for some rough going as far as the rescue efforts under way there. blustery and cold again. right now we're in between systems, so we're going to be talking about better conditions for today. but not for the long. another storm system on the way for the middle part of the week. that also will bring in more rain and gusty winds. in fact, the potential i think for gales once again. they're leaving behind the rest of europe here, we need some moisture t

ivan cabrera is at the cnn weather center. this is going to take a long time, as far as i can see, certainly from what mr mr. donavinik was saying. >> the beaches are open, the shopping district is open. the problem is the rest of the world has been seeing the pictures that we have been broadcasting and it certainly looks ominous. and it has been for a good chunk of thailand. now, as far as the central business district, he's absolutely right. we have been seeing this large area here spared of the floodwaters here but not too far away, are the floods and those gates that we're concerned about, the 14 that we'll be watching those closely. the international airport has been open for business since the beginning here. it has not closed. it is open. if you have business in bangkok you can certainly employ in, stay at a hotel and so far, so good. it is dry. the floodwaters have stayed away. that is not the case for the rest of the country here that has been suffering for the last few months from torrential downpours. additional rai

. >>> and meteorologist ivan cabrera is back with a forecast for thailand in a few moments from now., the top story, the end of the apec in hawaii and fr brianna keilar was there for some events and she joins me live from honolulu. a lot went on, didn't it? >> reporter: that's right. actually, you know, the press missed a lot of the apec leaders' dinner on saturday night. we weren't allowed in, except for the travel pool was able to catch just a little bit of video from the top of it. so there was a whole lot really the most interesting events of the dinner that we didn't see. as president obama around heads of state from 18 other nations and their spouses dined toget r together, they were unwittingly serenaded by a musician who was singing a song about the occupy wall street movement for almost 45 minutes. ♪ that's matthew swolinkovich or calls himself hawaiian for the gift. he's a well-known musician, recognized for his talents playing hawaii-style guitar. saturday night at the request of the white house, he played during the apec leaders dinner for president obama, 18 other heads

let's go to the meteorologist ivan cabrera standing by as always at the cnn international weather centero tell us all. ivan, how's it looking? >> not looking good. not panicking yet. but some other resorts have canceled in fact their opening weekend coming up. we don't have snow on the ground. that is a problem for the slopes. you can't ski without snow. take a look at europe. we've had these monster highs that have dominated the pattern. we've been well below average. the cold air is in place across the higher elevation here. we just don't have the moisture. we can't make the snow for you. front moving through the uk. that's where the weather is right now across europe, really, as this high continues to stay large and in charge. we do need rain in scotland. thankfully at least we're doing that for the uk here. for the rest of us, and specifically for the alpine region here we are not looking good. i want to show you fascinating nasa perspective satellite imagery here. these are clouds in the wispy white. right here, this is your snow pack. this is a year ago, november a year ago. this i

let's go to meteorologist ivan cabrera.unds pretty grim out there. >> it always does, doesn't it? yes, indeed, we talk about grim weather here a lot pft situation in the philippines could have been much worse. we've been monitoring this for the potential of tropical development. it's a tropical low but it has not, thankfully, become a tropical storm or typhoon here. it is bringing a deluge to the philippines. if you're traveling to manila for business over the next couple of days, pack the rain gear. it is going to be raining and raining heavily. the rain will be coming down so heavy, i think we are in store for some flash flooding over the next couple of days. and then the low really tries to continue to get going here. you see kind of a spin there in the south china sea. we'll monitor that for potential development eventually here. right now, the big word is a lot of rain in the philippines, including metro manila. we'll watch that, upwards of 250 millimeters not out of the question. moving to the west, this is an area we

let's go to ivan cabrera with more on that. it's all about climate change.bit of extreme climate change on their own. >> nasty stuff across south africa, particularly in durban. you're absolutely right. we check in on what's happening there. showers and thunderstorms sure. there's an area of low pressure, but this basically enhanced our rainfall here. 62 millimeters falling and that happened in just a few hours. so what happened is we had flash flooding, and the tin shacks that line the outskirts of durban. that is where we have the fatalities as a result of torrential rains that came fast and furious with this low enhancing the shower and thunderstorm activity. as the low departs, we're still going to have stop rain, but it's just not going to be as intense over the next 24 to 48 hours. things will begin to wind down. you see on our computer model forecast indicating showers and storms. moisture is what we need further to the north, specifically here across the alps. covering this, slopes still closed. no snow at the base, no snow at the mid levels. we have