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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. https://twitter.com/BenNollWeather/status/895986356119191553 Tropical Storm Harvey is slowly organizing as he crosses the Leeward Islands today and heads in the direction of Mexico’s Yucatan, Belize and Nicaragua early next week. We also have […]

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

Written by on August 18, 2017 in Rest of Europe, Summer 2017 with 0 Comments
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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