Record cold mesosphere leads to a higher frequency of noctilucent clouds (NLC) appearance this summer
Mesosphere is getting cold. Actually, very cold. Satellite observations over the past few weeks have revealed very low temperatures at polar latitudes – between 60 degrees and 80 degrees...
Hot weather returns into a large part of Europe this week
After a relatively cold period in many parts of Europe this month, the summer heat is finally arriving this week. Strong blocking pattern establishes over west-central and southwestern Europe,...
Cold front racing across Europe, May 12th – snowfall in Poland and frost over Germany and UK
The Arctic outbreak has verified yesterday and continues this morning. Very cold temperatures are spread behind the cold front and have resulted in morning temperatures several °C below zero...
Global flights were down 62% in April, even more with the commercial flights – down by 74%!
We have discussed about the direct effect of the national lockdowns due to coronavirus weeks ago, a remarkable decline in global flights was observed. The total flights globally were...
Excellent observing conditions for tonight’s #Lyrids meteor shower over EU and USA, Apr 21st / Apr 22nd
The annual Lyrids meteor shower peaks tonight, so many of us will be out under the skies observing this fine celestial show. Weather permitting, of course. Also, there will...
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...
New data on the significant decline in air pollution with Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) around the world – impressive air quality improvement across the United States and Europe
With mass national lockdowns in place across the globe, the coronavirus pandemic is having a major impact on air pollution over the continents, and indeed the air quality improvement....
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...