Month: January 2020

North Atlantic gets active again – a very large and deep cyclone will develop over the weekend, bringing a broad severe wind field and high swell towards western Europe

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There has been a temporary break in the above-normal North Atlantic activity this week, as an extensive upper-level ridge was maintaining across west-central Europe and … Read more

UPDATE on the *monster* extra-tropical cyclone moving towards the Aleutian Islands, Alaska – spectacular satellite imagery today

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Here is the mid-afternoon (local time) update of the intense extra-tropical cyclone ongoing in the Northwest Pacific, slowly moving towards the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Daylight … Read more

Three tropical waves are simultaneously ongoing in the Southwest Indian Ocean – Invest #95S is threatening western #Madagascar

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Tropics are becoming more active this week, especially over the Indian Ocean. Currently, there is an active zone containing three tropical waves simultaneously ongoing in … Read more

Strong warm advection ahead of the new deep cyclone near Greenland results in a very warm day across parts of Iceland – locally up to +15 °C

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While the Rex block pattern, which dominated most of Europe in the last days, is finally weakening, a new deep trough over the Arctic region … Read more