A strong and long-lasting heatwave develops across west-central Europe
A large trough swept across Europe through the early days of August, but now the pattern is changing. A strong and long-lasting heatwave is developing into western and towards...
Deadly heat with +53 °C / 125°F baking Death Valley, Iraq, and Kuwait
Feeling hot? It can be worse. Much worse. Extremely dangerous excessive heatwaves have developed across parts of the desert Southwest United States and the Middle East. Many areas are...
Friday 31st will be the hottest day of the year for western Europe
As it has already been discussed in our previous forecast, this Friday, July 31st, will bring an extreme heat to parts of western Europe. France could hit 38-42 °C...
The weekly pattern over Europe – rather cold for mid-July
It has been a rather non-existing extreme heat over our continent this summer. Mostly, there are often quite dynamic patterns and less blocking highs. Those would normally promote heatwaves...
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,...
*EXTREME* Siberian #heatwave – Verhojansk hits +38.0 °C = 100.4 °F and shatters all-time heat record of the Arctic Circle
A northeastern Siberian town Verkhojansk likely set a record for the highest temperature ever documented in the Arctic Circle. A historic heatwave has developed over Arctic Russia this month...
Summer 2020 forecast: A closer look at Europe and North America, as negative ENSO takes over the Tropics
Summer 2020 is here, so its time to look at the latest forecasts to see what kind of weather we can expect. We will be taking a closer look...
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...