Big El Niños 🌊 usually have big 🌎 teleconnections. The one in 2023/24 didn’t. Why? Rainfall anomalies in the tropical Pacific were suppressed due to greater warming in Indian and Atlantic Oceans. nature.com/articles/s4324… Led by Lei Zhang, with Mat Collins CIRES

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🔵 Du 21 au 31 juillet, un déficit thermique de -1,0°C a été enregistré en France. Il s'agit de la 3ème décade de juillet la plus fraîche depuis 2011. Plus d'infos au meteo-express.com/la-france-a-ve…

‼️ Les 43,6 °C à 1 970 m d'altitude en #Chine sont bien évidemment un NOUVEAU RECORD MONDIAL DE CHALEUR à cette altitude ‼️

AMBER warning now in place for #Stormfloris with the UKV, ARPEGE and ECMWF all suggesting wind gusts to and possibly slightly higher than 90mph The unusual August storm is now developing in the Atlantic. Air-mass imagery shows the tell tale cloud head beginning to develop

A lot of water is fueling #StormFloris. Latest satellite measurements of condensed water show over 3 kg/m² (looking down through the atmosphere). That's 3000 tonnes per km². adaguc.knmi.nl/adaguc-viewer/…

🇦🇺 Australia blanketed in biggest snowfall since mid-80s New South Wales and Queensland have had the heaviest snow for decades as up to 16in dropped in some areas

Top wind gusts so far today #StormFloris

Storm Floris is bringing strong and gusty winds to northern parts of the UK, leading to some disruption 🍃 Here are the highest wind gusts we have recorded so far ⤵️

The return of a strongly positive NAO this week was picked up quite nicely by the AIFS-ENS last week, but ECMWF IFS ENS lagged behind. It's an example of superior realtime performance ⬇️

"This is so cool!" Rare snowfall blanketed parts of New South Wales in Australia this weekend, with some areas receiving up to 15 inches. ❄️

🍃Alors la tempête #Floris frappe l'Écosse, la chaleur s'est intensifiée ce 4 août sur la 🇫🇷, advectée par la dépression évoluant actuellement dans la Mer du Nord. Des températures atteignant fréquemment 35°C relevées dans le Sud Ouest tandis que le nord a observé 25 à 30°C.

MAJOR METEOR SHOWER Tuesday, August 12-Wednesday, August 13! Up to 50+ meteors will be visible each hour under clear, dark skies! You won't need telescopes, binoculars or any special viewing equipment. Weather permitting, everybody should be able to enjoy the show. The display

Do you miss winter? Australia was hit by a winter cold front over the first weekend of August. Locals took to the streets to build snowmen and have snowball fights after up to 40 cm of snow fell across northern New South Wales. ☃️ #ShareYourWeather

🔴 13 000 hectares parcourus : l'incendie gigantesque dans l'#Aude est, d'ores-et-déjà, le plus important depuis au moins 20 ans en France (devançant celui de Landiras, en Gironde, il y a trois ans). Le Parisien [Données France entière depuis 2006] leparisien.fr/environnement/…

From #Canada to #Europe! The huge plume from the Canadian #wildfires has reached #France, the #UK and Northern European Countries, as shown in the #Copernicus #Sentinel5p CO map on Aug. the 5th. #AirQuality

La puissance du feu, son étendue et la présence visible du vent de par le comportement de la fumée. Image spectaculaire depuis un Canadair survolant l’incendie dans la région de Ribaute dans l’Aude. Crédit Sécurité Civile. #incendie