Climate Change

Hottest spots in Spain

Early-season heat is spreading into most of the European continent, setting some records especially in Portugal, Spain and southern France where some areas are recording daily temperatures locally above +30°C. Yesterday hottest spots in Spain were Badajoz with 34.8°C and El Granado, Huelva with 34.6°C – which is around 8 to 10°C above the May …

The significant warmth

The significant warmth over most of the European continent is already advecting into the south, western and southwestern Europe, expected to peak today on New Year’s Day, January 1st. Parts of southwestern Europe have already brought temperatures into the mid to upper 20s these days.Temperatures on Wednesday and Thursday were the warmest in Spain, with …

Violent Storm Barra

Violent Storm Barra is blasting into Ireland and UK with severe damaging winds. Winds are intense, locally damaging with potentially even hurricane-force speeds along the western-southwestern coast of Ireland.From the satellite it’s clear that Barra is now entering a bomb cyclone phase. A deep low is classified as a bomb cyclone when a system is intensifying very rapidly.Bomb …

A dangerous situation in eastern Scotland

A dangerous situation in eastern Scotland & northeast England is expected today, since extraordinary powerful winds are coming in from the north-east. A savage storm is moving through Scotland and it’s delivering extreme winds, accelerating Arctic air south towards Europe.A real taste of winter incoming with nasty wind-chill and snow for some.The strong northerly winds …

Record high temperatures in Spain and France

Record high temperatures were reached yesterday across southern Spain and southern France, with the maximum values recorded in Seville (32.7°C) and Hossegor (30.8°C). 🔥 As we anticipated in the last few days, a much warmer air mass first spread into western and southwestern Europe on Monday, then it gradually expanded towards the east and northeast yesterday.Compared …