Sun in parts of UK and France blocked out the smoke from wildfires in Spain and Portugal
People in much of UK and western France woke up this morning to an eerie sight: the sky covered in thick orange and brownish smoke, …
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Numerous major wildfires hit Portugal and Spain
Numerous wildfires are currently raging in Portugal and NW Spain. There are approximately 440 ongoing fires in Portugal, 26 of them major, being fought by …
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 – Thursday, August 3rd, 2017
Follow up on the current intense heat wave across the Mediterranean, parts of central Europe and the Balkan peninsula. Today, another extremely hot day is …
Follow up on the heat wave – Wednesday, August 2nd, 2017
The strong blocking pattern over the eastern half of Europe as well as most of the Mediterranean remains in place and the heat wave still …
Follow up on the heat wave – Tuesday, August 1st, 2017
The strong blocking pattern over the eastern half of Europe remains in place and the heat wave continues intensifying and spreading from SSW in to …
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 …
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 …