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update Unusually intense Arctic outbreak will spread across much of Europe through the end of March – additional frost damage is likely

It has been very cold weather across central Europe and the Mediterranean this week, with lots of snow over the Balkans. A new cold outbreak …

An Arctic outbreak likely to blast into western Europe next weekend (end of March)

We are just seeing a pretty strong outbreak of cold air mass into east-central Europe this week, there is more coming soon! It appears likely …

Winter is back to the Balkans – a huge amount of snow is expected in some areas until Thursday, hurricane-force Bora along the Adriatic coast

A strong cold outbreak is underway across the east-central Europe and the Balkans this week, in response to a very powerful upper ridge and 1040+ …

Rare event A rare Ozone hole develops over the Arctic/Canadian region, unusually strong for the Northern Hemisphere!

It is a rather rare occurrence to see a larger area of sustained ozone depletion over the Arctic regions during the late winter/early spring season. …

Iberia goes from summer to winter tonight as very cold weather with heavy rain, snow and morning frosts develop across parts of Spain and Portugal

It was extremely warm across parts of Spain and Portugal earlier this week, but now a significant change is coming. An intense cold pool behind …

intense early spring Arctic outbreak into southwest Canada and northwest United States this week, Alaska into a significantly warmer period

The Arctic outbreaks are often occurring during mid-late winter, but also in early spring. This week, a very intense outbreak develop across southwest Canada and …

Stratospheric Final Warming The unusually strong Polar Vortex is awaiting judgment! A bi-modal warming wave develops, which could initiate the Final Warming collapse sequence

Every year, a final warming event occurs in the stratosphere, as we head into spring, and the Sun starts warming up the polar regions. Sometimes …

March 2020 – weekly breakdown First half of March continues the pattern from winter. But the second half will feature a change, as the North Atlantic pattern finally goes into a slowdown

March is the first spring month, and the latest forecasts now show that it will transition slowly into proper spring, as the North Atlantic cyclonic …