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#COVID-19 *update*: Significant decline in global air traffic continues – the number of flights at the end of March is more than 60% lower than normal

As we discussed a week ago, there is an obvious substantial decline in global air traffic, followed by the restrictions and national lockdowns during the …

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A much colder air mass is now spreading across Europe – cold outbreak will intensify across east-central Europe through Monday and Tuesday

A strong cold advection is spreading across Europe this evening, associated with the cold outbreak. The event is intensifying tonight into early this coming week. …

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Several tornadoes hit Midwest (USA) on Saturday evening – destructive tornado rips through the city of Jonesboro (Arkansas) and leaves at least 6 injured

As we were expecting, favorable conditions for severe weather outbreak verified across the Midwest yesterday afternoon an evening hours, Saturday March 28th. Several tornadoes have …

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*Arctic* After reaching the largest sea ice extent in the past 8 years, the Arctic sea ice is now in an unusually rapid ice melt phase, starting the melt season

Arctic sea ice has reached its maximum extent in early March. The ice melt season has begun, with rapid ice loss, as warmer air reaches …

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A severe weather outbreak with very large hail and strong tornadoes possible across Midwest (United States) tonight, March 28th

A significant severe weather outbreak seems possible across far eastern Iowa, northeast Missouri into north-central Illinois and northwest Indiana, United States through late this afternoon/evening …

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A very strong upper ridge develops a monster high-pressure system over the North Atlantic – near 1055 mbar in its center on Sunday

Contrary to the much above normal activity of North Atlantic troughs and extremely deep surface cyclones over the past few months, the NAO index flips …

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