Month: February 2020

Former Invest #92S has been upgraded to a Category 1 tropical cyclone #Damien – heading towards a potentially destructive landfall in NW Australia on Saturday

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As we have discussed yesterday, a potentially dangerous tropical system forms along the coast of Western Australia. Then, the former Invest #92S has been upgraded … Read more

*January 2020* We just went through the warmest January on record! Temperatures were much above normal across the Northern Hemisphere, as the Polar Vortex has put cold Arctic air on lockdown

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January is the second winter month. It was far from wintery across many parts of the Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes. January 2020 was the warmest January … Read more

Another potentially dangerous tropical system is likely to form east of Australia this week – Invest #91P is born NW of Vanuatu, could turn towards New Calendonia

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Tropical activity is ramping up again this week. After the currently ongoing two systems – the tropical cyclone Francisco in the South Indian Ocean and … Read more

Tropical Cyclone #Francisco (#13S) in the South Indian Ocean, heading west-southwest towards Madagascar while weakening – should dissipate before hitting any land areas

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As we discussed earlier on the developing tropical cyclone #92S near Western Australia, there is another system in the tropics – a Tropical Cyclone Francisco … Read more

Tropical activity ramping up along Western Australia; Invest #92S is born – could become a dangerous Category 3 cyclone and landfall in NW Australia this weekend

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Tropical activity is back – there are two systems currently ongoing. A tropical cyclone Francisco over the South Indian Ocean and a newly born Invest … Read more

*Violent* windstorm with locally hurricane-force wind gusts in excess of 200 km/h ( = 125 mph) is expected across the eastern Adriatic (Croatia) tonight

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In the wake of the intense upper-core moving over the Balkans, a very sharp pressure gradient has developed across the western Balkans, as a strong … Read more