Tropical Storm Dolphin now threatens Japan, heavy rains for Tokyo on Thursday
It has been a rather quiet tropical pattern over the western Pacific lately, after a devastating Super Typhoon Haishen and Typhoon Maysak earlier this month. …
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A powerful supercell outbreak over northern Italy for the end of August 2020
As we have been discussing a lot this week, a potentially volatile environment was expected for the end of August. A supercell outbreak with numerous …
Destructive hailstorm in central Slovenia, July 29th – the first 10+ cm *giant* hail event in Europe this summer
Very hot weather lately has resulted in a violent supercell storm over central Slovenia in the early evening of July 29th. A narrow swath from …
World record lightning – a single flash travels more than 700 km in Brazil
A new world record, lightning, has been recorded! A World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has established two new world records for the longest reported distance and …
Summer 2020 forecast: A closer look at Europe and North America, as negative ENSO takes over the Tropics
Summer 2020 is here, so its time to look at the latest forecasts to see what kind of weather we can expect. We will be …
North Atlantic today – a small but very photogenic cyclone delivers a spectacular satellite show
We have discussed about the explosive development of the new extra-tropical cyclone in the Northwest Atlantic this morning, but there is more in the North …
An intense extra-tropical cyclone develops over the Atlantic, characterized by a rapid intensification and deepening on New Years’ Eve
Looks like we will finish the year 2019 and start the new year 2020 with an intense extra-tropical cyclone over the North Atlantic. Models are …
MAHA is already an intense Category 3 cyclone today and soon turning sharp east towards India
As expected, Tropical cyclone Maha continued strengthening since yesterday and has been upgraded into a Category 3 cyclone today at 12 UTC. Maha is packing …