Lots of lightning activity across Europe through the first half of this week
The weather pattern across Europe has been supporting quite a dynamic period this week. A strong ridge across NNE Europe has been holding stable conditions …
Severe weather
Severe storms and excessive rainfall over the Alpine region on Sunday, Aug 6th 2017
While south, central and eastern Europe is still in a record-breaking heat wave and ridging pattern, models are in good agreement for gradually weakening ridging …
Peak of heat wave & likely record breaking heat today – Friday, August 4th, 2017
Update on the current intense heat wave which is expected to peak today, in particular across the Mediterranean, parts of central Europe and the Balkan …
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 …
Severe weather outbreak across E France into central Germany and W Poland
Europe is dominated by two prominent features this week, a large almost stationary upper trough over W Europe and a strong upper ridge with an …
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 …
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 …