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2 Dec, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Canada 🇨🇦 has done it again...

We just observed the hottest December day on record in British Columbia. Tying the all-time national Canadian December highest temperature.

This weather station beat its previous December record by a monstrous 8°C. Jeepers.
More on this extraordinary winter heat in this thread by @ThierryGooseBC

Am I surprised?

Not really, no. Shorts and t-shirt weather for millions right now

Meteorological winter started yesterday but large parts of North America didn't get the memo.

4 states beat or tied their record for Warmest December day h/t @extremetemps ()

Also, it still hasn't snowed in some parts of the Rockies. Latest on record.

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29 Nov
The temperature contrast across Europe this morning was simply outrageous.

67°C difference between southern Greece 🇬🇷 and northern Sweden 🇸🇪
Astonishing overnight temperature in Greece with several weather stations reporting over 30°C

African warmth and foehn effect here. Nice summary by @extremetemps

This follows closely behind Sweden's coldest night in 40 years.

Two extremes simultaneously.

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20 Nov
This is amazing!

Humid atmosphere conditions allow us to see how air passes over an aircraft. The trailing lines are known as wingtip vortices.

🎥 Via @controladores

Lift is caused by a pressure difference across the wings.

The cloud that forms over the wing is to do with the drop in pressure on top of each wing.
Normal clouds form when there is too much water vapour for the air to hold.

Basically, when the atmosphere is unable to hold the water vapour at a certain temperature and pressure, it saturates and we see cloud.
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13 Nov
Incessant heavy rain will pile into the Pacific Northwest, USA 🇺🇸 & British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦 in the next 72 hours due to a significant atmospheric river event.

Flooding & landslides are highly likely. The atmospheric warmth & moisture can be traced all the way to the tropics.
A strong meander in the jet stream allows Alaska to cool under Arctic air but also helps lift Tropical warmth & moisture into British Columbia & the Pacific Northwest.
Notice how the atmospheric moisture aligns and focuses on the same area. This is like nature's firehose. Extreme rain and locally very high freezing levels expected. Meteorologists call this an atmospheric river.

Some refer to this atmospheric river as 'the Pineapple Express'.
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13 Nov
Extreme temperature contrast across North America right now.

Alaska shivering with brutal early winter cold Meanwhile California sets daily heat records.
We often see extreme anomalies at this time of year...

The long nights in the Arctic are starting to build the cold while summer heat lingers in the south.

However, this is exceptional.

🔵= colder than average for time of year
🔴 = warmer than average for time of year
Some more info on the daily heat records in California

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26 Oct
Hottest October day in history for Buenos Aires, Argentina 🇦🇷 Ferocious Spring heatwave.

Records go back to 1906 and beats the record of 35.6°C from 2014.
Much of the southern half of South America are in a strong spring heat episode right now.
Thanks to @s_d_roberts for the heads up and very useful link regarding previous records in Bueno Aires: www3.smn.gob.ar/serviciosclima…
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26 Oct
Life-threatening flash flooding in Catania, Sicily 🇮🇹

Enormous rainfall totals have fallen under slow moving thunderstorms.

🎥 via @3BMeteo

You can see the thunderstorms piling into the east coast of Sicily all day, wrapped around a broader circulation from a developing cyclone to the south.

Catania (home to over 500,000 people) was in the bullseye for near constant thunderstorms today.

Sat via @metdesk/@eumetsat
Truly horrific scenes emerging from Catania, Sicily 🇮🇹

Continuous thunderstorms today have turned the streets into raging rivers.

Via 🎥 @myrtamerlino

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