The scorching heatwave across much of United States
The extreme heatwave across parts of the United States is getting serious. Conditions should worsen, pushing the heat index even above 115 °F in some …
Summer
The weekly pattern over Europe – rather cold for mid-July
It has been a rather non-existing extreme heat over our continent this summer. Mostly, there are often quite dynamic patterns and less blocking highs. Those …
The Arctic Ocean is dominated by a strong high-pressure system, rapidly melting the sea ice and impacting the Transpolar Drift System
The Arctic sea ice melts every year from spring to early autumn. This year, the summer melt season is very strong. Currently, the Arctic sea …
Temperatures in southern Spain are again near 40 °C
The European continent is experiencing very warm to locally hot weather these days. A warm advection has established ahead of a large upper trough over …
Hot weather returns into a large part of Europe this week
After a relatively cold period in many parts of Europe this month, the summer heat is finally arriving this week. Strong blocking pattern establishes over …
*EXTREME* Siberian #heatwave – Verhojansk hits +38.0 °C = 100.4 °F and shatters all-time heat record of the Arctic Circle
A northeastern Siberian town Verkhojansk likely set a record for the highest temperature ever documented in the Arctic Circle. A historic heatwave has developed over …
Scandinavia is overheating – Sweden almost hit +30 °C on Sunday, Jun 14th
It has been quite an interesting pattern over a large part of Europe lately. The upper-level lows are playing the main role for our weather …
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 …