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 stable and warm weather....
Turkey swings from extreme heat back to winter temperatures in two days – Cold blast across the eastern half of Europe
We have been discussion the historic and record-breaking heatwave across Turkey and Cyprus lately. But now there is a huge change for them, and also for the eastern half...
Southwest Turkey and Cyprus in scorching heat – both countries hit near +43 °C on Sunday, May 17th
The extreme, scorching heat intensified further on Sunday, May 17th. Numerous weather stations in Turkey have reported peak afternoon temperatures between 40 and 43 °C, which is beyond exceptional...
EXTREME HEATWAVE with up to +43 °C in Turkey, +41.5 °C in Cyprus, +40 °C in Greece, and south Italy today, May 16th
An *extreme* heatwave is underway over the south and southeast Europe this weekend. Dry foehn winds have pushed the peak temperatures up to +43 °C in Turkey, up to...
Huge Saharan dust load over south-central Europe, also towards UK and Ireland
There is a strong advection of Saharan dust from North Africa into Europe this week. An established pattern across our continent favors south-southwesterly advection of warm air mass across...
Extreme heatwave with peak temperatures close to +40 °C over south Greece and Turkey this weekend!
We are currently experiencing an unusually strong cold outbreak over a large part of Europe. But it appears likely we will be facing a second heatwave into our continent...
A short cold blast across parts of Europe through the first half of this week – brings dangerous morning frost, also some snow into the western Balkans
After a week of spring weather with very warm temperatures across many parts of Europe, a temporal/short cold period develops across part of Europe. A rather strong cold pool...
Very warm and stable weather continues across the European continent this week
It’s been a relatively fast return of warm weather into a large part of Europe since Sunday. It was a very warm day today (Monday) and many more to...