Paul Knightley
EF5
I thought I would flag up some recent events from Europe which may be of interest.
Our current pattern over here is very conducive to repeated bouts of severe weather across mainland Europe - that is, a broad SW'erly upper jet, with frequent short-waves moving through. This encourages the advection of the Spanish EML across France and into parts of Germany, the BeNeLux countries, and the Alps.
Although there's a lot to choose from, a couple of recent events are presented:
Firstly, a supercell near Le Havre, N France. This occurred on July 16 2009, and was associated with an eastward moving cold front, which had very warm/moist, and unstable air ahead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBBAmlILEtw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LPWdY8W6wk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF5mvGCMjA8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ShPKjBywW8&feature=related
Secondly, several severe thunderstorms affected portions of the Alps on July 23, including Switzerland. See:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QdfwP10WaU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKGTspFUB6s&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz5pn5Gne7g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk_rsk8pnP0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uag1VwCOe9w&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1jgJFY_-QA&feature=related
Whilst such severe storms are not rare in mainland Europe in the summer, this year has seen a fair amount, and with the jet pattern remaining similar for at least the next few days, further rounds are possible.
Our current pattern over here is very conducive to repeated bouts of severe weather across mainland Europe - that is, a broad SW'erly upper jet, with frequent short-waves moving through. This encourages the advection of the Spanish EML across France and into parts of Germany, the BeNeLux countries, and the Alps.
Although there's a lot to choose from, a couple of recent events are presented:
Firstly, a supercell near Le Havre, N France. This occurred on July 16 2009, and was associated with an eastward moving cold front, which had very warm/moist, and unstable air ahead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBBAmlILEtw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LPWdY8W6wk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF5mvGCMjA8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ShPKjBywW8&feature=related
Secondly, several severe thunderstorms affected portions of the Alps on July 23, including Switzerland. See:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QdfwP10WaU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKGTspFUB6s&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz5pn5Gne7g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk_rsk8pnP0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uag1VwCOe9w&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1jgJFY_-QA&feature=related
Whilst such severe storms are not rare in mainland Europe in the summer, this year has seen a fair amount, and with the jet pattern remaining similar for at least the next few days, further rounds are possible.
