Follow up on the heat wave – Monday July 31st, 2017
A blocking pattern dominates eastern half of Europe where an intensifying heat wave was spreading from SSW into central Europe past weekend. Yesterday’s max afternoon …
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Severe hailstorms over northwestern Italy – July 29, 2017
Severe thunderstorms again hit NW Italy yesterday (Piemonte, Lombardy and Emilia Romagna), as a shortwave passed across the region, producing widespread torrential rainfall and severe …
Follow up on the heat wave – Sunday July 30th, 2017
A new, 4th heat wave of this summer, is intensifying and expanding from SSW into central Europe. Here are yesterday’s max afternoon temps across Iberian …
Severe hailstorm in Grottammare, Marche, central Italy – July 25, 2017
A major hailstorm with large hail and very significant hail accumulations hit Grottammare and its vicinity (Marche, N-CNTRL Italy) on July 25. The storm covered …
Intense severe thunderstorms over N Italy – July 24-25, 2017
A deep trough passed over the Alpine / northern Mediterranean region on July 24-25, causing widespread intense severe thunderstorms across the plains of north Italy. …
UPDATE: Early August extreme heat (4th of 2017) expected over S-CNTRL Europe
Currently, Europe is in transition from a cooler period into a much warmer period as a large trough, which was in effect almost a whole …
Fresh snow in parts of the Alps – July 27, 2017
Parts of the Alps in Austria and Italy have been blanketed in a layer of fresh snow locally 10-15 cm thick. The first impressions come …
A new significant heat wave for south-central Europe through the next 7-8 days
A new, rather significant heat wave is building up for south-central Europe and Balkan peninsula through the rest of this week into mid next week. …