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Southwest Turkey and Cyprus in scorching heat – both countries hit near +43 °C on Sunday, May 17th

May 18, 2020 by Marko Korosec

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, … Read more

EXTREME HEATWAVE with up to +43 °C in Turkey, +41.5 °C in Cyprus, +40 °C in Greece, and south Italy today, May 16th

May 18, 2020May 16, 2020 by Marko Korosec

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 … Read more

Update on the significant cold outbreak through mid-week – models agree on the cold blast from Tuesday through Friday, the most intense over the Balkans

February 5, 2020February 1, 2020 by Marko Korosec

The Friday evening model guidance regarding the cold outbreak scheduled for mid next week – early February. Ensemble models are is a fairly good agreement … Read more

UPDATE on the final cold blast of 2019 spreading across the eastern half of Europe, intensifying over the weekend and delivering snow for some regions

December 27, 2019 by Marko Korosec

The last cold outbreak of the year 2019 is here – A temporal cold blast expected this weekend is already spreading across eastern Europe and … Read more