First reports of a large fireball explosion over Slovenia and Croatia this morning, Feb 28th – loud sonic boom and shockwave reported!
A spectacular fireball (meteor) exploded over northern Balkans today at 10:34 local time (09:34 UTC), Feb 28th. The event was seen and heard from northern Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, and...
The satellite presentation of the historical #Calima sand storm over the Canary Islands this week
Here is the new update of the still ongoing historical sand storm #Calima from the Morrocan desert onto the Canary islands and further west. Satellite imagery yesterday revealed a...
Spectacular imagery of the giant waves in Praia do Norte, Nazare, Portugal during North Atlantic storm #Dennis last week
Surely you’ve heard of the sometimes major to giant sea waves in Nazare, Portugal? Our reporter Albert Russ planned his trip to the famous Nazare with the main goal...
A severe #Calima winds fuel fires and delivers a massive dust storm into the Canary Islands from the Morrocan desert
A massive dust/sand storm has spread over the islands due to a heavy Saharan dust transport, called #Calima this weekend. The event is associated with the large upper-low over...
RECAP: The *perfect* storm #DENNIS – one of the most intense extratropical cyclones on record (North Atlantic)
The extra-tropical storm Dennis was a remarkable system. This extremely deep low-pressure system over the North Atlantic bottomed at near 920hPa on Saturday evening, located just south of Iceland....
A remarkable near-record wind gusts reported at Hafnarfjall station, Iceland today – 255 km/h!
The intense windstorm over Iceland has resulted in extremely severe winds in some areas, especially where downslope winds have contributed to violent gusts exceeding 200 km/h. The weather station...
A *violent* jet stream brought the British Airways’ Boeing 747 across the North Atlantic in less than five (5) hours!
The currently ongoing very dynamic pattern over North Atlantic and Europe resulted in some remarkable records within commercial flights! The Boeing 747 of British Airways (flight BA112) from New...
Almost a hot day in eastern Iberia today – Valencia, Spain hit +29.6 °C and set a new *all-time February record*
After three consecutive days of the remarkably high temperatures – even setting new all-time records in some regions, the peak of the event has occurred today. The Peak with...