Exceptional but very didactic NASA Terra-MODIS satellite imagery of the Arctic region
Daylight is slowly expanding towards the Polar region as we’re going further into spring. This means we can observe some pretty spectacular imagery on the Arctic region sea ice...
Spectacular details of Arctic air mass advection from the ice shield towards the North Atlantic
At the end of the Northern hemisphere winter (end of February into early March) there is usually the annual maximum extent of the sea ice around the Arctic region....
Strong warm advection ahead of the new deep cyclone near Greenland results in a very warm day across parts of Iceland – locally up to +15 °C
While the Rex block pattern, which dominated most of Europe in the last days, is finally weakening, a new deep trough over the Arctic region is spreading towards the...
An extreme 40+ degrees temperature difference over Scandinavia – around +5 °c in south Finland vs below -35 °C in Lapland
This morning, a huge temperature difference occurred over Finland. The extreme north Lapland station Utsjoki Nuorgam reported -36 °C while the capital Helsinki in far south Finland reported +5...
Weekly pattern over Europe – strong upper ridge across the Arctic region but dynamic across the southern Europe, Apr 10-15h
The second week of April will be characterized by dynamic weather with severe storms and rain events across southern Europe, while a strong ridge dominates the Arctic region and...
Weekly pattern overview for Europe – dynamic pattern ahead with much needed rain for central Europe, Apr 1-7th
The beginning of April will be quite dynamic over much of Europe as a ‘high over low’ rex block pattern establishes. Strong ridging develops over the Arctic region, while...