The failure of all weather models to identity this storm as dangerous is a wake up call. It was in the same place as the catastrophic flooding last year.
The EU needs meso-scale forecasting systems similar to those in the US.
Here's a picture of a supercell thunderstorm over Germany yesterday evening from @UwBeobachtung - storms similar to this can produce dangerous tornadoes. Europe may well soon face tornadoes - as well as acutely dangerous flooding events.
Improved weather forecasting for the entore planet has been clearly identified by the @WMO as one of the most useful investments that could be made for #ClimateAdaptation and #ClimateResilience it would be a no-brainer to deploy systems world wide like those used now in the US.
These are systems that it is clear the entire planet needs now. The weather is causing billions of dollars in damage and the benefit for climate science alone - a better understanding of #ClimateChangeNow is imperative to us getting through this. #COP27
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This seems to be the most interesting bit of Friday's UN Media briefing regarding the long-awaited "Black Sea Initiative" which was needed to prevent a financial, food and energy crisis globally, the implications of which are hard to fathom.
Unfortunately we as yet seem to know very little about the full details of the two agreements which are part of this.
The Black Sea initiative is related to shipping in the Black Sea. A 2nd agmnt (signed an hour or so later) lifts Russian fertiliser export sanctions - I think.
A third extremely important component of what the UNSG was seeking to achieve here was to free up financing for developing nations to ensure that they are in a position to plant, harvest and distribute crops.
It is said that "history does not repeat" but that rather "it rhymes". And this is a #RhymingWeather reflection. Last night a massive, storm which had not been forecasted took place over Germany at night. Here is a 24 hour animation of the event.
On the same day 14/July/21 the @EU_Commission issued a press release announcing the Green New Deal. And as rain was falling nearby they held a press confernce on July 15th to answer questions about the "Fit for 2055" plan which is set to transform Europe. ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…
120 years of banditry on behalf of connected US businessmen has addicted big US business to using military power, dominance and dirty tricks to achieve US commercial objectives rather than the “competitive free markets” they pretend to believe in.
And this is why in this broken world - where the rich West preach free market capitalism but practice imperialism via financial hegemony backed by lethal force - the GDP of NZ (5 million people) is twice of that of Ethiopia (115 million people).
I don’t understand how Tory MP’s chose @trussliz over @PennyMordaunt, nor do I understand why media were so hard on her. Yes, great for Labour - polling suggests Mordaunt might have beaten then, but like a bit like getting to choose a new pet and choosing a hedgehog.
After you have been offered a very well trained border collie.
Part of me suspects a bunch of them interpreted the combination of common sense, thoughtfulness, service, competence and determination as performative virtue signaling.
A week after he anniversary of the catastrophic storm that took 150 lives in Northern Germany and the low countries another surprise #ExtremeWeather event has taken place very close to last years storm.
Whilst significantly shorter in duration - therefore probably less destructive, alarmingly, this storm was not forecast accurately & warnings about thunderstorms and extreme rainfall were not issued by local media or EU's @meteoalarm untill the storm was well underway.
Even now (at 1.30am CEST - the storm began at 5pm), well after the storm has made its way well over the border into the Netherlands, only one warning has been issued there.