Very warm Mediterranean sea – and what that means for severe weather in the autumn
We take a short look at the weather patterns across the Mediterranean in the autumn that produce severe weather and how high sea surface temperatures may affect them. Sea...
Torrential rainfall for north Italy, northwest Slovenia, northwest Croatia in the next 24 hours
A cutoff low will push across the northern Mediterranean / southern Alpine region today. Combined convective and orographic rainfall is expected, with peak 24h cumulatives locally above 100 mm....
Extremely severe thunderstorm hits Pescara, central Italy – July 10th, 2019
An extremely severe thunderstorm hit Pescara (Abruzzo, central Italy) in the afternoon of July 10th, 2019. The thunderstorm produced very large to giant hail, with hailstones up to 15...
Extreme heat continues tomorrow – low 40s likely across south-central France, NE Spain and possibly also in N Italy, June 27th
Peak of the heat wave is here – both Thursday and Friday will bring an extremely intense heat into parts of France, Spain and N Italy! Model simulations indicate...
New UPDATE on the major rainfall event over parts of Italy and parts of the western Balkans
Major floods are already ongoing in parts of north Italy, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Much more rainfall is expected in the next 3-4 days as the causative cutoff...
UPDATE on the major rainfall event and expected flooding in the western Balkans this week
The extended major rainfall event over the western Balkans and parts of the Apennine peninsula has already started – up to 300 mm or more rainfall is expected locally...
*RARE* early May significant Arctic cold outbreak will blast across Europe this coming weekend, May 3-6th
A very extreme and rare early May (mid-spring) Arctic cold outbreak (note: Arctic outbreak means the airmass originates from the Arctic region) is shaping up for large part of...
Exceptionally large amounts of Saharan dust pushed into France, Spain, Italy, and W-CNTRL Mediterranean this weekend!
An exceptionally large dust event is coming for western Europe and the western Mediterranean this weekend. France, parts of Spain and Portugal, particularly the Balearic Islands, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily,...