Status: Ongoing analysis Material from: Linus
1. Impact
During the last week of June a large part of Europe was under a heatwave, stretching from northern Africa to northern Norway. Several temperature records were broken on high latitudes.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/62001812
2. Description of the event
The plots below show analyses of T850 and z500 for 24 to 30 June, every 24 hour.
3. Predictability
3.1 Data assimilation
3.2 HRES
3.3 ENS
The plots below show the EFI for 3-day 2-metre temperature 26-28 June.
The plot below shows the forecast evolution plot 3-day 2-metre temperature 26-28 June for Rome, Italy.
The plot below shows the forecast evolution plot 3-day 2-metre temperature 26-28 June for Tromso, Norway.
3.4 Monthly forecasts
The plots below show the weekly anomalies for 2-metre temperature from extended-range forecasts with different lead times.