A ‘bombogenesis’ cyclone travels across Iceland – a life-threatening situation with a significant amount of snow (100-200 cm) and hurricane-force winds across the northern half of the country, Dec 10-11th

As we discussed earlier – an active pattern across the North Atlantic – continues this week. A monster cyclone with pressure near or below 940 … Read more

Torrential rainfall, excessive snowfall and locally severe thunderstorms for parts of the Alps and the northern Mediterranean on Wednesday and Thursday

A broad, virtually stationary low persists over the British Isles and Ireland over the next 3 days. A long wave trough associated with the low … Read more

Excessive precipitation in the Alps and northern Mediterranean region (southeastern France, north Italy, Slovenia Croatia) through Saturday

The setup across the Mediterranean through the end of the week is very favourable for persistent rainfall along the orographic boundaries of the northern Mediterranean. … Read more