Perseid meteor shower peaks this week, Aug 12/13th
Mark your calendars for a spectacular celestial fireworks display this week. The Perseid meteor shower peaks on Tuesday and Wednesday night. A composite of Perseid …
Summer
A strong and long-lasting heatwave develops across west-central Europe
A large trough swept across Europe through the early days of August, but now the pattern is changing. A strong and long-lasting heatwave is developing …
Deadly heat with +53 °C / 125°F baking Death Valley, Iraq, and Kuwait
Feeling hot? It can be worse. Much worse. Extremely dangerous excessive heatwaves have developed across parts of the desert Southwest United States and the Middle …
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 …
Friday 31st will be the hottest day of the year for western Europe
As it has already been discussed in our previous forecast, this Friday, July 31st, will bring an extreme heat to parts of western Europe. France …
First cold, then summer weather for the UK this week
It has been a basically not existing (hot) summer over western Europe this year. There is no pattern allowing it the opposite. But things are …
An ocean heatwave is developing in the North Pacific, threatening with the ecosystem disruption in the region
Global oceans play a crucial role in weather and life across the entire world. The latest observations show a strong oceanic heatwave is developing in …
EXTREME heat with up to +44 °C develops over Portugal this weekend
It has been quite hot lately over the Iberian peninsula, with temperatures between 35 to 40 °C in the past days. Precisely over south-southwest Spain …