Tropical Storm #Diane formed north of La Reunion, passing very near #Mauritius tonight – severe winds and flash floods will impact the island

The former Invest #95S has passed over Madagascar through Thursday and early Friday and gradually organizing. It has now been officially upgraded to a Tropical … Read more

Textbook satellite presentation of a rapidly organizing extra-tropical cyclone in the North Atlantic this evening, Jan 23rd

Here is a short update of the rapidly organizing system in the North Atlantic. As we discussed in the earlier today, a rather rapid intensification … Read more

North Atlantic gets active again – a very large and deep cyclone will develop over the weekend, bringing a broad severe wind field and high swell towards western Europe

There has been a temporary break in the above-normal North Atlantic activity this week, as an extensive upper-level ridge was maintaining across west-central Europe and … Read more

UPDATE on the *monster* extra-tropical cyclone moving towards the Aleutian Islands, Alaska – spectacular satellite imagery today

Here is the mid-afternoon (local time) update of the intense extra-tropical cyclone ongoing in the Northwest Pacific, slowly moving towards the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Daylight … Read more

Three tropical waves are simultaneously ongoing in the Southwest Indian Ocean – Invest #95S is threatening western #Madagascar

Tropics are becoming more active this week, especially over the Indian Ocean. Currently, there is an active zone containing three tropical waves simultaneously ongoing in … Read more

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 … Read more

Another spectacular explosive cyclogenesis over the North Pacific, heading towards the Aleutian Islands, Alaska

While we are waiting for the North Atlantic to activate soon again, North Pacific is on roll. Just a day after twins – the tandem … Read more