Unseasonably hot weather develops across the United States, but a sharp pattern change and cold is forecast for the next weekend
This weekend was very hot in some parts and will extend into a new week. But it will not last long. It is now becoming …
Arctic region
Record-breaking heat over Svalbard (Arctic Norway), reaching almost +22 °C at 78 degrees North
The boiling Arctic. This time, record heat was reported from Svalbard (Norway) which sets its all-time heat record this Saturday, July 25th. The airport in …
Arctic on fire: Siberian wildfires expand dramatically, sending a smoke cloud towards Canada and the United States
Record-breaking temperatures in the Russian Arctic region and Siberia continue to remain much higher than normal which has contributed to an increase of hundreds of …
Dipole pattern over Europe continues – stable and warm to the west, dynamic and cooler to the east
A classic dipole pattern is underway across European continent this week. A strong upper-level ridge/blocking pattern has established over the western half of Europe, providing …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …