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(now on bluesky @rebeccalize.bsky.social) Diagnostics & Climate @ECMWF & C3S 🌍 #ESOTC 📝 forecasting 🌐 tropical cyclones🌧️floods💧{views my own}she/her
Jul 18, 2022 11 tweets 4 min read
After the extreme #heatwave in the PNW & Canada last year, a few of us at @ECMWF & @UniRdg_Research set about evaluating how well we predicted it🔥
Q: Were we able to successfully predict the unprecedented?
Short answer: Yes
Longer answer: A 🧵 Map of maximum temperatures from 28-30 June 2021 over the US This research was published today and is free to read online 🔗: rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.10…