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Jun 11, 2021 • 10 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X
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Antarctica is ridiculously cold right now.

It is deep winter down there with the relentless night. But it is significantly colder than normal.

It is so cold, it is having an impact on the global temperature anomaly.

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A lot of heat in Northern Hemisphere across many continents over the coming days but Antarctica sticks out like a sore thumb.

Map via @khaustein
This is the jet stream. The fast river of winds encircles the deep cold. Mesmerising right?

But right now, we have a strong jet and polar vortex locking the extreme cold over the ice sheets.
I spoke to @SimonLeeWx for his take and "the Antarctic Oscillation is strongly positive and projected to remain so"

Also we have a "well coupled with stratospheric vortex".

These superb graphic are by @zd1awrence, please check out his website for more: stratobserve.com
Having this strong coupling sustained at a time of year where there is zero daylight, can allow the cold to intensify like we are seeing.

This is the anomaly for month so far and the 7 day forecast.

🔵 = colder than normal
🔴 = warmer than normal
A lot of people will have heard of the polar vortex.

The polar vortex in the southern hemisphere is much more powerful than the one we see in the north

It is a formidable beast at this time of year.
The main reasons for this intense cold:

- Strong positive Antarctic Oscillation (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic…)
- Having a strong and well coupled stratospheric vortex
- This combination being sustained for many days during the depths of the long winter night.
But there are uncertainties. Interesting points by @khaustein

Antarctica likes to do its own thing sometimes!

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Sep 15
Flooding disaster unfolding right now in Central Europe.

Why is it so bad?

This thread takes a quick look at some of the key ingredients of this record-breaking storm.
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Let’s start with the background. It has been an exceptional Summer for the Mediterranean Sea. Heat records have been broken.

Warmer sea surface temperatures allow more moisture to evaporate, like fuel for a storm. The warmer the water, the greater the evaporation…
We then had a historic cold wave (for this early in September) plunge south out of the Arctic and through Europe.

We now have an unprecedented combination of hot and cold (ideal for strong thermal boundaries/weather fronts).
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Sep 14
Insane full-winter scenes emerging from Austria right now. The historic September storm in Central Europe is delivering record cold, record early deep snow and heavy flooding rains.

This is Obertauern (resort elevation range 1600-2500 m).

For those who may not believe this report, the live webcams reveal all. Blizzard conditions with drifting deep snow. This camera is 1700 m elevation.

obertauern.com/en/service-inf…
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The storm came as no surprise. Weather models were in good agreement that exceptional cold, snow, rain and wind would impact Central Europe several days in advance. Austria is in the bullseye.

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Sep 12
Shock to the system 🥶

Unusually strong cold is pouring south out of the Arctic into Europe right now. This is an ideal setup for deep fresh snow accumulations in the Alps and flooding in Central Europe.

This is about as cold as it gets this early in September.
Incredible contrast in temperatures.

This map shows how much cooler (🔵) or warmer (🔴) it is compared to average at this time of year. Image
This is one weather model estimation for fresh snow totals in the coming days. Well over 1 metre of fresh snow for the upper Austrian Alps expected with some places probbaly exceeding 2 metres.

Outstanding for this early in September.
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Sep 5
Very impressive weather pattern in Europe right now.

Strong easterly winds and hot in Central/Northern Europe meanwhile heavy rain plagues the west with much cooler conditions. The heat is breaking records (for this time of year).

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Many monthly heat records set in Germany 🇩🇪 yesterday... Beating some records which have stood for a long time (1895). Great summary here by @EKMeteo which links to comments by official @DWD_presse

@EKMeteo @DWD_presse It appears Norway has broken September national heat record, final numbers to be confirmed.

Impressive foehn effect to the west of high ground. The dry easterly winds in southern Norway is ideal setup for incredible temperatures in unusual places.

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Mar 3
Truly outlandish.

Some places in Europe didn't just record their warmest February on record.... They went on to beat their warmest MARCH temperature levels.

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Effectively everywhere in the dark red shading smashed warmest February record - most by large margin. Austria 🇦🇹 has over 250 years of temperature record and nothing compares to this. Not even close.

Source: zamg.ac.at/cms/de/klima/n…
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Wiener Neustadt in the east of Austria was so warm that temperature of February 2024 exceeded the warmest MARCH record (data here since 1949).

uwz.at/de/a/waermer-a…
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Aug 27, 2023
Heatwave going out with a bang in Europe.

Watch how the jet stream digs aggressively into Southern Europe. The atmosphere is primed for severe weather - unfolding right now...
This animation captures the transition from extreme heat (unprecedented for this late in August) to relatively cool conditions.

The variable shown here is the temperature at 850 hPa (usually around 1.5km above sea level). This can help show where our airmass is coming from.
The Mediterranean is also acting like an extra source of fuel for the storms. The sea surface temperatures are at record hot levels.

The Gulf of Lion (just south of France) is especially hot. The sea surfaces will likely cool dramatically during this breakdown.

You can access the satellite derived sea surface temperature data here:

The graph can be found here:
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