Understanding severe thunderstorms: criteria and impact
During storm season, there is increasing talk about severe thunderstorms. What does “severe” in severe thunderstorms mean? When does a thunderstorm become severe? What criteria …
Winds
A Category 5 Tropical Cyclone YASA now heads for an extremely dangerous landfall in Fiji on Thursday
An extremely rapid intensification of Tropical Cyclone YASA is underway, the system is heading for a potentially destructive landfall in Fiji this Thursday. Yasa is …
The explosive development of Delta to Category 4, now on the way to Yucatan and Gulf Coast as a major hurricane *UPDATED*
The extremely warm Caribbean Sea has helped Tropical Storm Delta, the 4th storm from the Greek Alphabet, to become a strong Category 4 hurricane today, …
The satellite presentation of the historical #Calima sand storm over the Canary Islands this week
Here is the new update of the still ongoing historical sand storm #Calima from the Morrocan desert onto the Canary islands and further west. Satellite …
A severe #Calima winds fuel fires and delivers a massive dust storm into the Canary Islands from the Morrocan desert
A massive dust/sand storm has spread over the islands due to a heavy Saharan dust transport, called #Calima this weekend. The event is associated with …
Ex-hurricane Michael expected to hit NW Spain tomorrow morning, Oct 15th
Another interesting event coming for Iberian peninsula tonight and Monday morning. Remnants of the ex-hurricane Michael have re-organized again the past 24 hours into a …
Intense downslope winds across southern France this evening and tonight
The current pattern is supporting a deep trough being pushed across the central Europe. As a result, a surface cyclone is deepening in the northern …
Hurricane force windstorm in parts of the Alps tonight and tomorrow morning, September 23-24!
The sharp and intense cold front that is crossing central Europe today will bring an intense, locally hurricane-force windstorm into northern and eastern Alps tonight …