A powerful supercell outbreak over northern Italy for the end of August 2020
As we have been discussing a lot this week, a potentially volatile environment was expected for the end of August. A supercell outbreak with numerous intense and deadly storms...
Hot to locally very hot weather through the last days of July
Although July has been rather dynamic and mostly lack any extremely hot weather, its final days will bring a strong heatwave over parts of Europe. Temperatures are expected to...
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....