As nations of the world meet in NYC at #UNGA discusses Climate Change cooperation in advance of @COP26 there is a monster low pressure circulation/storm over Eastern parts of Europe.
And the weather forecast for the next five days looks a little hairy.
@COP26 Meanwhile a few 1000 kms to the south East rains over the Arabian Peninsula and Horn of Africa picked up again today.
@COP26 Zooming out we see that there are also multiple tropical storm candidates in the Tropical Atlantic which at a practical level make forecasting in Europe a little unpredictable as their path and intensity is very hard to predict.
There are two major factors driving this the Jet-stream level winds 11-18kms up which are moving water around, and the quantity of water in the atmosphere.
Here we see a 72 hour forecast which contains a powerful jet coming at Europe across the North Atlantic.
We also see a strong West to East flow across North Africa which will be also carrying tropical moisture, from tropical ears in the East Atlantic off the coast of Africa.
This animation shows a five day forecast of airborne Precipitable water. Both the Nth Atl. and Nth Africa atmospheric rivers can be seen. And also several cold air incursions from the north. When cold air & moist air collide we can expect rain.
Here we have a 6 day temperature forecast in 6 hourly increments. Its not freezing, but its also not particularly warm.
Finally we have a water vapour transport simulation plot which shows pressure, jets and water vapour together.
This currently shows the Canadian vapour jet pushing the low pressure system east.
And this plot shows the current rainfall solution which comes from all these inputs - this is over five days.
There is nothing hazardous in this at the moment, but it depends a lot on whether the Canadian Jet dislodges the low pressure system.
It was a circulation like this, with northerly (arctic) and South Western (atlantic) inputs which led to the devastating flooding in July.
Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, Pres. of the Democratic Rep. of the Congo:
"Africa does not need charity. Africa is fighting to gain space for liberty and action in a world which is constantly competing so as to forge a better destiny...
A German @dw_amharic report on Kobo. The massacre has been discussed in Ethiopia now for several days.
Additional info:
- TPLF was fighting 2 fronts 12 km from Kobo center
- Losing they chose to regroup in Kobo & used mortars, .50 & AAA machine guns on the outskirts of town.
This story remains un-reported by Western Media, and there are no recent specific international condemnations addressing numerous reported TPLF attrocities in the parts of Amhara Region that it is occupying.
The world has gathered to hear @JoeBiden the new "Leader of the free world" speak at the #UNGA. And Ethiopia is watching to see what he says about #UNGAEthiopiaCrisis and Human Rights after he imposed sanctions Friday on a nation facing a lethal rebel insurgency from the TPLF.
As the #UNGA headlining global leaders debate is about to begin, @POTUS/@JoeBiden speaking shortly, smart observers have their eyes on #UNGAEthiopiaCrisis - an issue which is threatening to divide the rich North West from the poor global south, especially Africa.
Yesterday I posted a thread on @USAmbUN's #UNGA briefing to media on U.S. Priorities for #UNGA76.
The questions raised in the CNN piece are general, but the specific issues around a novel new unilateral sanctions regime announced by @JoeBiden on Friday are very specific.
The Ethiopian PM @AbiyAhmedAli's response to @JoeBiden has resonated throughout Africa - published in full by numerous African news outlets - but largely ignored in Western media. There were no media questions on Ethiopia in @USAmbUN's presser Friday.