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Severe weather outlook – forecast across Europe. This forecast features areas of organized severe weather with risk levels and severe weather threats across the European continent. SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK – DAY 1   Valid: 10/08/2020 06 UTC – 11/08/2020 06 UTC Issued by: Severe Weather Europe Forecaster: Marko Korošec   SUMMARY   Severe storms with […]

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Mark your calendars for a spectacular celestial fireworks display this week. The Perseid meteor shower peaks on Tuesday and Wednesday night. A composite of Perseid over Rijeka, Croatia during the peak in 2019. Photo: Marko Korošec About Perseid meteors   The Perseids are small dust particles, crumbs of comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle, burning up as they hit […]

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Canada’s 4000-year-old Milne Ice Shelf has shrunk for 43% during a major calving event at the end of July 2020. Two massive chunks of the ice shelf, where the biggest one is larger than Manhattan, NY have been swept into the Arctic ocean. Milne Ice Shelf collapse   The Milne Ice Shelf, a 4,000 years […]

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Severe weather outlook – forecast across Europe. This forecast features areas of organized severe weather with risk levels and severe weather threats across the European continent. SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK – DAY 1   Valid: 09/08/2020 06 UTC – 10/08/2020 06 UTC Issued by: Severe Weather Europe Forecaster: Marko Korošec   SUMMARY   Isolated severe storms […]

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Severe weather outlook – forecast across Europe. This forecast features areas of organized severe weather with risk levels and severe weather threats across the European continent. SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK – DAY 1   Valid: 08/08/2020 06 UTC – 09/08/2020 06 UTC Issued by: Severe Weather Europe Forecaster: Marko Korošec   SUMMARY   Mainly isolated severe […]

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Meteor photography is loads of fun and with a bit of luck, you can catch a big, bright one! Here is how you do it. Equipment   A camera with the option of making long exposures. Any interchangeable lens camera (DSLR or mirrorless) will have the option, many compact cameras and some phone cameras also […]

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Climate researchers have found a link between hurricanes that form in the Atlantic Ocean - and threaten the United States - and a weather system in East Asia. A jet stream originating in East Asia carries an atmospheric wave to the Atlantic Ocean that affects wind shear - a key element in whether tropical storms develop.

A study identifies long-term storage technologies that would enhance the affordability and reliability of renewable electricity.

Severe weather outlook – forecast across Europe. This forecast features areas of organized severe weather with risk levels and severe weather threats across the European continent. SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK – DAY 1   Valid: 07/08/2020 06 UTC – 08/08/2020 06 UTC Issued by: Severe Weather Europe Forecaster: Marko Korošec   SUMMARY   A few isolated […]

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Atmospheric and oceanic conditions are primed to fuel storm development in the Atlantic, leading to what could be an 'extremely active' season, according to forecasters.

A large trough swept across Europe through the early days of August, but now the pattern is changing. A strong and long-lasting heatwave is developing into western and towards central Europe. Peak temperatures should locally push into the upper 30s again. The heatwave and stable weather could extend into mid-August. The overall pattern over our […]

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Severe weather outlook – forecast across Europe. This forecast features areas of organized severe weather with risk levels and severe weather threats across the European continent. SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK – DAY 1   Valid: 06/08/2020 06 UTC – 07/08/2020 06 UTC Issued by: Severe Weather Europe Forecaster: Marko Korošec   SUMMARY   Isolated to scattered […]

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Please read the Contest participation guides and Rules here. Week 29 of 2020 (July 13th – July 19th) – the highest number of votes received. 1st place – WINNER: Przemek Mielczarek – 390 votes “Sony a99 (crop) + Sony 70-200f2.8 – 105 x 8s f2.8 iso 12800. Skywatcher eq6 stackowane + PS Torzym lubuskie Poland […]

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Ecologists have discovered that the food hoards pygmy owls collect in nest-boxes ('freezers') for winter rot due to high precipitation caused by heavy autumn rains and if the hoarding has been initiated early in the autumn. The results of the study show that climate change may impair predators' foraging and thus decrease local overwinter survival.

Severe weather outlook – forecast across Europe. This forecast features areas of organized severe weather with risk levels and severe weather threats across the European continent. SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK – DAY 1   Valid: 05/08/2020 06 UTC – 06/08/2020 06 UTC Issued by: Severe Weather Europe Forecaster: Marko Korošec   SUMMARY   Scattered to widespread […]

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Severe weather outlook – forecast across Europe. This forecast features areas of organized severe weather with risk levels and severe weather threats across the European continent. SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK – DAY 1   Valid: 04/08/2020 06 UTC – 05/08/2020 06 UTC Issued by: Severe Weather Europe Forecaster: Marko Korošec   SUMMARY   Widespread severe thunderstorms […]

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Whether in flood early-warning systems or in agriculture - rainfall measurements are of great importance. However, there is a lack of accurate data for many regions in the world due to the fact that comprehensive measurements have so far been too expensive. Researchers have now succeeded in utilizing the commercial microwave link network operated by mobile network providers for Germany-wide rainfall measurements.

Severe weather outlook – forecast across Europe. This forecast features areas of organized severe weather with risk levels and severe weather threats across the European continent. SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK – DAY 1   Valid: 03/08/2020 06 UTC – 04/08/2020 06 UTC Issued by: Severe Weather Europe Forecaster: Marko Korošec   SUMMARY   Severe thunderstorms including […]

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Severe weather outlook – forecast across Europe. This forecast features areas of organized severe weather with risk levels and severe weather threats across the European continent. SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK – DAY 1   Valid: 02/08/2020 06 UTC – 03/08/2020 06 UTC Issued by: Severe Weather Europe Forecaster: Marko Korošec   SUMMARY   Organized severe storms […]

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Feeling hot? It can be worse. Much worse. Extremely dangerous excessive heatwaves have developed across parts of the desert Southwest United States and the Middle East. Many areas are experiencing deadly heat. California and Arizona are experiencing 115-120F (= 46-48 °C), Death Valley even up to 125F (or +53 °C). Parts of Iraq, Iran, and […]

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