Southwest Turkey and Cyprus in scorching heat – both countries hit near +43 °C on Sunday, May 17th
The extreme, scorching heat intensified further on Sunday, May 17th. Numerous weather stations in Turkey have reported peak afternoon temperatures between 40 and 43 °C, which is beyond exceptional...
EXTREME HEATWAVE with up to +43 °C in Turkey, +41.5 °C in Cyprus, +40 °C in Greece, and south Italy today, May 16th
An *extreme* heatwave is underway over the south and southeast Europe this weekend. Dry foehn winds have pushed the peak temperatures up to +43 °C in Turkey, up to...
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...
Spectacular satellite imagery of two upper lows over Mediterranean and Iberian peninsula
Europe is meteorologically divided into two regions this week; to an extensive upper ridge across the northern parts of Europe and a progressive dynamic pattern across the southern parts...
A huge amount of rainfall across northeast Iberia and southern France (also Corsica) this week, flooding threat develops as 150 to more than 200 mm is possible in some areas
While there is a very strong and extensive upper-level ridge dominating most of Europe in the coming days, a progressive pattern over southwest Europe brings unsettled conditions and lots...
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....
#COVID-19 *update*: Significant decline in global air traffic continues – the number of flights at the end of March is more than 60% lower than normal
As we discussed a week ago, there is an obvious substantial decline in global air traffic, followed by the restrictions and national lockdowns during the Coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic...
Very *high* values of dangerous Particulate Matter (#PM10) air pollutants across Europe this weekend
Like there is not enough stress along with the ongoing COVID-19 virus outbreak this spring, strong cold outbreak across Europe and now the significantly PM10 polluted air making things...