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In the third week of July 2023, southern Europe and Northern Africa was hit by a heatwave. On 18 July Rome broke the temperature record reaching 41.8C (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/18/italian-hospitals-report-rise-in-heat-cases-as-rome-hits-41-point-8c#:~:text=Temperatures%20in%20Rome%20hit%2041.8,C%20set%20in%20June%202022) with temperatures reaching above 47C on Sardinia. During a 2nd wave the week after even higher temperature was reached on the island.
During the heatwave, Greece was hit by severe wildfires, especially on the island Rhodes.
For a summary of about the temperature, see:
https://climate.copernicus.eu/surface-air-temperature-july-2023
The plots below show analyses of z500 and T850 from15 July to 21 July 00UTC, every 24 hour.
The plots below show 2-metre temperature anomalies for 17-24 July from different initial times with 7 days apart. While a warm western-central Mediterranean was captured at all lead times, the forecasts from 3 July and before missed the cold anomaly over northern Europe.
