Polar vortex: What exactly is it, and why you should care about it?
Every winter, we often hear the term “polar vortex” in various media. Some call it a stratospheric hurricane, some call every winter storm a polar …
Record breaking mid-level warmth for northeast Europe this week, Nov 5-7th
The pattern across Europe in the past two weeks has been a complete flip from what we had been experiencing through early and mid October. …
Exceptionally hot weather across southeastern Europe: Albania hits 32 °C – Nov 3, 2018
Saturday was a very warm and locally hot day in parts of southeast Europe. Temperatures peaked in Albania with 32 °C! Temperatures in Albania reached …
Major floods hit Sicily last night, multiple fatalities reported – November 4, 2018
As expected, major floods hit parts of Sicily last night as slowly moving convective lines and persistent training storms produced prolonged torrential rainfall. The city …
Torrential rainfall across the central Mediterranean over the weekend – November 3-4, 2018
The weather pattern is now in place for a severe torrential rainfall event across the central Mediterranean. Areas around the Tyrrhenian sea and the area …
Outlook day 1 & 2 (valid: 02-04/11/2018)
VALID FOR 02 / 03 / 04-11-2018 SYNOPSIS A large trough is located over the N Atlantic while a large part of Europe is under …
Extreme warmth across the Balkan peninsula and eastern Europe on Saturday, Nov 3rd
It seems the current pattern will continue to bring some extreme anomalies – likely record-breaking warmth is shaping up for the central Balkan and eastern …
Ex-hurricane Oscar on its way towards NW Europe this weekend, Nov 3-4th
Tropical storm season has been record breaking this year, we have another ex-hurricane heading towards Europe this weekend – a hurricane Oscar became an extratropical …