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Tropical Atlantic is alive and kicking, helped by MJO

Written by on August 18, 2017 in Summer 2017, Tropical, United States of America with 0 Comments
Tropical Atlantic is alive and kicking, helped by MJO

The Atlantic is alive and kicking with the help of warmer-than-normal SSTA’s as a favorable MJO phase promoting a large area of rising air. CFSv2 weeklies also indicate that conditions are ripe for an active Africa-Atlantic through at least the first week of September. pic.twitter.com/7HUfxsN7DT — Ben Noll (@BenNollWeather) August 11, 2017 Tropical Storm Harvey […]

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44,000 hec/3 million trees of Poland’s forest is decimated by a severe thunderstorm

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44,000 hec/3 million trees of Poland’s forest is decimated by a severe thunderstorm

Last weekend saw the intense heat come to a crashing end as energy running into hot and humid air brought explosive thunderstorms across Poland. Powerful downbursts or microbursts (downward then outward blast of wind) generated hurricane-force straight line winds which plowed over the forest flattening 8 million cublic metres of wood and 3 million trees […]

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