A significant damage from a strong tornado near Grosseto, Italy today, Nov 17th
A strong tornado hit the town of Polverosa di Orbetello (Grosseto), Italy this afternoon. Severe storms were associated with the cold front passage. Video and …
*Stratosphere warming watch* A powerful new warming phase is building for early December 2019. Stratospheric temperatures likely to raise over 30°C above normal, affecting the already weakened vortex!
The polar vortex is slowly but steadily losing its power. While the pressure waves are “attacking” the polar vortex, a new temperature wave is building …
Dangerous severe weather threat spreads into NW Balkans and NE Italy this afternoon, Nov 17h
Pattern over Europe this weekend indicates a large upper trough / low over the Mediterranean, central and WSW Europe. With a powerful upper-ridge dominating E …
*Earthquake watch* An intense earthquake swarm occurred at Reykjanes Ridge, Iceland! Over 200 earthquakes in just 9 hours. An eruption next week would send ash towards Europe!
Iceland is on a roll! While Askja volcano still continues its own earthquake swarm, a strong burst of earthquakes occurred on the Reykjanes Ridge, just …
*Polar vortex UPDATE 16/NOV* The weakening of the polar vortex and the stratospheric jet stream is underway! Polar vortex collapse looks likely by the end of the year!
The weakening of the stratospheric polar vortex is well underway. The polar stratospheric jet stream is losing its momentum, as monthly ECMWF forecasts start to …
*Volcano watch UPDATE 16/Nov* An intense earthquake swarm is still ongoing at Askja volcano, Iceland! If it erupts next week, the ash cloud would spread directly over Europe!
Not so long ago, we wrote about the elevated activity at certain Volcanoes in Iceland. In the past few days, an earthquake swarm began at …
A new “bomb” tropical system in W Pacific – typhoon #FENGSHEN went through a rapid intensification into a Category 3 today
We have another small but very intense tropical system that went through a rapid intensification in very short period of time – borderline strength to …
Unusually warm weather continues across eastern Europe and western Russia until early next week
As discussed earlier this week, current pattern supports a powerful blocking ridge with an intense ‘heatwave’ developed over eastern Europe, resulting in usually very warm …