- A major storm Ciaran will blast the UK and France with violent, hurricane-force winds on Thursday. Significant waves along the coast. https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/powerful-north-atlantic-storm-ciaran-windstorm-forecast-uk-ireland-france-mk/ 10 comments europe
- Ex-hurricane Martin has transformed into a powerful extratropical Atlantic storm and is now heading towards Ireland and UK with severe windstorm and major waves. https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/atlantic-hurricane-season-2022-windstorm-martin-ireland-uk-europe-mk/ 27 comments europe
- Significant Warming heads to several areas of the northern hemisphere and especially in Greenland and Central Europe owing to the intense dynamic in the troposphere triggered by a deeply meandering jet stream between Alaska and Scandinavia. Heatwaves will affect Europe and the Mediterranean https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/significant-warming-heatwave-greenland-cold-outreak-europe-rrc/ 16 comments europe
- Fall Forecast 2022: First look at the next weather season shows that large-scale patterns will be driven by the now active La Nina in the Pacific, extending its influence deep into Winter 2022/2023 https://www.severe-weather.eu/long-range-2/fall-season-2022-early-weather-forecast-united-states-europe-fa/ 11 comments worldnews
- The cold La Nina in the tropical Pacific Ocean is now in its third-year cycle and is expected to last over the Winter of 2022/2023. The latest forecasts reveal a very clear signal of its presence in the cold season weather patterns over the Northern Hemisphere. https://www.severe-weather.eu/long-range-2/enso-weather-la-nina-update-cold-season-influence-usa-europe-fa/ 14 comments worldnews
- An Atmospheric MJO wave has emerged over the tropics which will impact the weather patterns over the Northern Hemisphere in the coming weeks, and even suppress the Atlantic Ocean tropical activity. https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/july-2022-weather-forecast-usa-europe-fa/ 24 comments worldnews
- A powerful heatwave heads into western Europe this week, with low 40s forecast in France and close to +45 °C in Spain https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/heat-dome-heatwave-europe-june-2022-forecast-mk/ 55 comments environment
- Atlantic Hurricane Season 2022 is forecast to be 7th straight above-average activity and a higher probability of major hurricanes making landfall along the continental United States coastline https://www.severe-weather.eu/tropical-weather/atlantic-hurricane-season-2022-forecast-mk/ 2 comments worldnews
- The latest data shows that the North Atlantic Gulf Stream continues to weaken, as freshwater from the melting Greenland ice and Arctic sea ice is creating a growing imbalance in the Ocean Circulation https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/gulf-stream-amoc-circulation-collapse-freshwater-imbalance-usa-europe-fa/ 28 comments worldnews
- A strong warming event in the stratosphere has now initiated a quick collapse of the Polar Vortex and the breakdown of the stratospheric winter circulation from the upper levels of the atmosphere. https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/strong-polar-vortex-warming-collapse-event-forecast-spring-2022-usa-europe-fa/ 38 comments worldnews
- *March 2022 Forecast* The meteorological Spring officially begins. But a breakdown of the Polar Vortex in the stratosphere will make the transition from Winter a harder process, with colder air prevailing over Europe and North America. https://www.severe-weather.eu/long-range-2/march-2022-forecast-usa-europe-polar-vortex-split-weather-fa/ 7 comments worldnews
- The southern lobe of the Polar Vortex shifts the extreme cold from central Canada into the Northeast U.S., setting the coldest temperatures of the Winter Season so far. https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/polar-vortex-coldest-arctic-blast-winter-season-canada-united-states-mk/ 24 comments worldnews
- Winter 2021/2022 final seasonal forecast shows the colder than expected La Nina having a strong influence as we head into the winter season https://www.severe-weather.eu/long-range-2/winter-season-2021-2022-usa-europe-final-weather-forecast-fa/ 2 comments europe
- North Hemisphere October 2021 Forecast: Over Europe, a cooler pattern change will mark the first half of the month, while a high-pressure system will be dominant over North America, slowly moving towards Greenland by the end of the month. https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/october-2021-monthly-weekly-forecast-fall-usa-europe-fa/ 6 comments worldnews
- A new stratospheric Polar Vortex is forming over the North Pole, as the seasonal cooling begins. It will keep strengthening into December, influencing the 2021/2022 Winter season. https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/polar-vortex-returns-usa-europe-winter-2021-2022-fa/ 2755 comments worldnews
- Highest Temperature Ever Measured in Europe Expected to be Broken Tomorrow as Apocalyptic 47°C (116.6°F) are Forecast for Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia and Turkey https://www.severe-weather.eu/europe-weather/extreme-record-heatwave-greece-mk/ 21 comments europe
- Tropical Storm Elsa is heading towards Florida where a dangerous landfall is expected on Wednesday this week. Once Elsa goes ashore in Florida, this will be the 3rd landfall of the Atlantic Hurricane Season 2021 on the United States mainland. https://www.severe-weather.eu/tropical-weather/atlantic-hurricane-season-2021-tropical-storm-elsa-landfall-florida-mk/ 4 comments environment
- No rest for parts of Europe this summer. Yet another, probably an intense heatwave starts tomorrow. The worst will hit parts of central Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Balkan peninsula where temperatures could locally push above the +40 °C mark. https://www.severe-weather.eu/europe-weather/another-intense-heatwave-central-europe-balkan-peninsula-mk/ 17 comments europe
- An extratropical storm is forecast to bring intense windstorm, moving in from the Bay of Biscay across the English Channel towards the North Sea. Severe winds are expected to hit northwest France first, also southern England, and Benelux into Tuesday. https://www.severe-weather.eu/europe-weather/north-atlantic-extratropical-storm-england-english-channel-france-mk/ 3 comments europe
- Unusually strong cold weather outbreak spreads from Antarctica into central South America. It brought record low temperatures and snowfall after decades, to regions of southern Brazil. The source region was western Antarctica, which is colder than normal, affecting the global average temperatures. https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/south-hemisphere-america-cold-winter-outbreak-fa/ 201 comments worldnews
- Millions to face the record-breaking heat dome over the Pacific Northwest this week, as heatwave brings new extreme all-time heat records for the United States and Canada https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/heat-dome-record-breaking-heatwave-pacific-northwest-canada-united-states-mk/ 7 comments worldnews
- A very large iceberg broke off the Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica, now moving into the Weddell Sea. It is over 4,300 square kilometers (1,660 square miles) in size and is the largest iceberg in the world. It is larger than the state of Rhode Island and more than 5 times larger than New York City. https://www.severe-weather.eu/news/worlds-largest-iceberg-a76-breaks-off-antarctica-2021-fa/ 5 comments worldnews
- A Category 5 Super Typhoon Surigae now peaks at 190 mph and 888 mbar, becoming the most intense April tropical cyclone on record, heading further northwest across the Philippine Sea https://www.severe-weather.eu/tropical-weather/record-super-typhoon-surigae-tropical-cyclone-philippines-mk/ 41 comments worldnews
- More than 100 mbar pressure difference between Greenland and northern Europe on Sunday has released a strong Arctic cold outbreak towards continental Europe. Heavy snow will impact central Europe, with damaging frost also expected across the wide region https://www.severe-weather.eu/europe-weather/arctic-cold-blast-frost-snow-mk/ 137 comments worldnews
- Extreme Easter holidays for Europe: A historic Arctic cold blast with damaging frost now increasingly likely, and massive snow for central Europe on Tuesday https://www.severe-weather.eu/europe-weather/historic-cold-blast-europe-snow-easter-sunday-mk/ 3 comments europe
- An unusually strong anomaly is being detected in the Gulf Stream, not seen for at least 150 years at this level. Long-term data shows that it is most likely related to the slow collapse of the North Atlantic Ocean circulation, as more freshwater is flowing to the North Atlantic from Arctic ice melt https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/gulf-stream-amoc-ocean-anomaly-united-states-europe-fa/ 28 comments worldnews
- The Beast from the East is finally here, set to release extreme cold and snow over Europe next week https://www.severe-weather.eu/winter-weather/snow-cold-forecast-europe-mk/ 13 comments europe
- The historic 1928/1929 winter pattern aims to return, as we head into 2nd half of January 2021. Like in 1929, the Polar Vortex collapse sequence has completely blocked the Arctic regions, enabling the spill-out of colder air into Europe and the United States. https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/winter-weather-pattern-forecast-january-2021-usa-europe-fa/ 8 comments europe
- Two large extratropical storm systems are now grazing towards Alaska. While one storm formed on Friday, there is now another large storm emerging over the Aleutians this Saturday, making it double trouble for the North Pacific: https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/extratropical-storm-twins-alaska-mk/ 5 comments worldnews
- Northern Croatia, parts of Slovenia, and North Italy will be impacted with heavy snow, blizzard conditions, and also a dangerous ice storm across northwestern Croatia and southwestern Slovenia through Wednesday night. https://www.severe-weather.eu/mcd/winter-forecast-snowstorm-slovenia-mk/ 3 comments worldnews
- Arctic Sea Ice is not freezing In October for the first time since measurements began, now having an unknown effect on weather development towards Winter https://www.severe-weather.eu/news/arctic-ocean-sea-ice-2020-jet-stream-effect-winter-fa/ 14 comments worldnews
- Tropical Storm Epsilon has formed today and is the 26th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season. Epsilon is heading for a potential impact on Bermuda late this week, while strong rip currents will spread towards the East Coast of the United States. https://www.severe-weather.eu/tropical-weather/epsilon-hurricane-season-bermuda-mk/ 5 comments worldnews
- A new violent and potentially the strongest typhoon of the 2020 season could strike Japan next week. It will be named Haishen and will come right after typhoon Maysak strikes Kyushu Island and South Korea tomorrow. https://www.severe-weather.eu/tropical-weather/typhoon-japan-haishen-mk/ 7 comments worldnews
- An unusually large Saharan dust cloud is moving across the Atlantic. It will reach Carribeans and the southern United States by the end of the week https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/massive-saharan-dust-cloud-atlantic-usa-fa/ 30 comments worldnews
- 2020 presents a Meteor explosion. What’s next in the lineup? https://www.severe-weather.eu/recent-events/first-reports-large-fireball-explosion-slovenia-croatia/ 4 comments worldnews
- Temperatures in Scandinavia are 30 Degrees Above Normal for This Time of Year as Heat from the Sahara Surges Towards the Norh Pole in Mid-winter https://www.severe-weather.eu/mcd/strong-warm-advection-northern-europe-mk/?fbclid=iwar288s9hkpoqsdy1exdhwtjxdnll3gssjfbgoinmv2yul2cxrmafxsuqiy4 53 comments worldnews
- Exceptional CAT5 Super Tyhoon Hagibis May Soon Break World Record for Highest Wind Speed Ever Recorded in Tropical Storm Surpassing Hurricane Patricia in 2015 with More than 345 km/h (215 mph) Sustained Wind Speed http://www.severe-weather.eu/tropical-weather/powerful-super-typhoon-hagibis-an-equivalent-cat5/?fbclid=iwar3n1ycan7qskz4bohjf4a0k3qy8dykt7cp6hpiv1nn-anwaa33qxdsiosu 8 comments worldnews
- The late summer heat wave will intensify across a large part of Europe until early September, locally again near +35 °C http://www.severe-weather.eu/mcd/the-late-summer-heat-wave-will-intensify-across-a-large-part-of-europe-until-early-september-locally-again-near-35-c/ 32 comments europe
- Ex-hurricane Michael on its way towards western Europe this weekend http://www.severe-weather.eu/tropical-weather/ex-hurricane-michael-on-its-way-towards-western-europe-this-weekend/ 9 comments europe
- Medicane now fully developed in the Ionian sea, expected to cross southern Greece tomorrow and Aegean sea on Sunday http://www.severe-weather.eu/mcd/medicane-now-fully-developed-in-the-ionian-sea-expected-to-cross-southern-greece-tomorrow-and-aegean-sea-on-sunday/ 4 comments europe