Currently there is only one storm system in the European / N Atlantic region, named storm VALENTIN. However, there are still thunderstorms and strong showers caused by a low over Greece. Locally, there can be storm gusts again there.
Storm VALENTIN is currently affecting mainly Iceland and the Faroe Islands. See the Wind Analysis for further details about the region affected.
With gusts up to 400km/h, waves of over 10m and a central pressure of 880hPa, Category 5 major hurrican PATRICIA is currently making landfall in Mexico. Hurricane and tropical storm warnings have been issued. The highest wind gust registered world-wide was 408km/h, in a cyclone in Australia, while the lowest pressure so far (ever!) was 870hPa.
Extreme thunderstorms are currently moving through the Mediterranean.
Yesterday evening (local time), thunderstorms struck southern Italy and caused large and dangerous flash floods over wide areas. Situations like the one below happened in many places.
The cause for the flash flooding was a complex of severe thunderstorms that struck the region yesterday in the evening (local time). Below on the cloud top satellite image, you can clearly see the thunderstorms.
This resulted in precipitation ammounts, that, at some stations, were massive. The station MARINA DI GINOSA in the southeast of Italy reported 134l/m².
But the thunderstorms are still moving on, now making landfall in the southern Balkan. Some stations in Greece have already reported precipitation of up to 50l/m². Below is the newest cloud top satellite image.
The warm front of severe storm ULI made landfall yesterday evening in the British Isles, and the cold front followed in the early morning hours of today. A peak gust of 141km/h was registered at the station “Bealach Na Ba No2” in the far N of the UK. The pressure of the storm has inreased from 971hPa (yesterday evening) to 977hPa (00UTC).
We currently have two storms in the European region, one of which is called “ULI” and considered a severe storm. Peak gusts of over 128km/h have been calculated by the ESC. The bad news: The storm is currently making landfall in the UK and Ireland. Therefore, the MILK ESC has issued warnings. There is also a second, smaller storm currently making landfall on the Scandinavian peninsula, respective warnings have been issued. A peak gust of 130km/h has been measured in Norway. The two storms have central pressures of 971hPa (ULI) and 977hPa (Nameless storm). below is the MILK ESC Overview.
Warnings:
DARK RED: Severe storm warning (within 24h)
RED: Storm warnings (within 24h)
ORANGE: Severe storm watch (within 48h)
YELLOW: Storm watch (within 48h)
NOTE: Warnings will always overlay watches, e.g. Storm warning will be displayed, even if a severe storm watch is also issued.
We currently have stormy weather off the coast of Norway, and also moving towards Iceland, an area currently to the S and W of Greenland. However, since these two areas of strong wind are not directly to be related to a low pressure area and there is a very small risk, MILK ESC has decided not to go through the long and dificult process of making a full ESC Overview, but we will rather just share the current peak gust map calculated by GFS.
Yesterday, the winter suddenly came to central Germany. Our MILK Stormchasers member Stefan Popdonchev sent us a couple pictures, which we will show here – All except the last photo come from Großbachberg, the last picture was taken in Erfurt.
Gestern kam der Winter plötzlich nach Mitteldeutschland. Unser MILK Stormchasers mitglied Stefan Popdonchev schickte uns einige Bilder, diese zeigen wir hier – Alle bis auf das letzte Foto kommen aus Großbachberg, das letzte wurde in Erfurt gemacht.
We currently have three storms affecting W Europe. The storm in Iceland is by far the strongest – with peak gusts up to 166km/h (the value calculated by MILK ESC) and a central pressure of 968hPa this is a strong storm fairly early in the season. The storm that affected Spain and Portugal, as well as France yesterday now has a name: QUIRIN. Other than that, a third, new storm has formed in the Atlantic to the W of France. This storm is going to again bring wind to Portugal, Spain and France. Warnings have been issued.