The connection between Rossby waves and extreme weather, as well as their economic and societal impacts, are the main topics of the "2nd Workshop on the Dynamics of Rossby waves, compound extremes and impacts" starting tomorrow at @vuamsterdam.bsky.social, attended by 150+ scientists!! ใฐ๏ธ๐ณ๐ฑ
18.01.2026 22:21
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Or is it maybe a different wave train that continues, originated by the Rossby wave breaking over the subtropical jet? We noticed a similar dynamics in our WCD paper on circumglobal wave patterns during winter: doi.org/10.5194/wcd-... (Ahmadi-Givi et al. 2014, too: doi.org/10.1002/qj.2...).
18.01.2026 22:13
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The propagation of a Rossby wave train from N America did the rest: as the ridge amplified over the N Atlantic and merged with the anticyclone E of Greenland, the trough originated the deep cut-off low over N Africa.
The wave train is expected to continue its eastward propagation to the Pacific ใฐ๏ธโฟ
18.01.2026 22:08
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Why is it happening? Upper-level anticyclones have been present between Greeland and Scandinavia in the last few weeks, and as a result the North Atlantic jet stream has been located more south than usual. This means that Atlantic cyclones can enter more easily into the Mediterranean (NAO-).
18.01.2026 22:03
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The strong pressure gradient between a cut-off cyclone over N Africa and a cold anticyclone over eastern Europe will lead in the next few days to very strong SE winds and heavy precipitation over southern Italy and Spain. The whole western Mediterranean will feel it! ๐โ๏ธ๐ฌ๏ธ๐
Plots: charts.ecmwf.int
18.01.2026 21:42
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In only 8 days, it is EGU26 submission deadline! ๐จ
If your work involves Rossby waves, jet streams and extreme weather/climate events, consider submitting your abstract to the "Atmospheric Rossby Waves and Jet Dynamics" session! ๐ฌ๏ธใฐ๏ธ๐
Invited speaker this year: Dr. Philipp Breul (University of Kรถln)
07.01.2026 16:25
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We also computed analogs focusing only on the impacted region, but the large-scale circulation pattern was quite different from the event, so much that one wonders if it was still the same event.
19.11.2025 19:04
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Thanks for the shoutout!! In our case we showed that including information about the position of the low-level cyclone helped to improve precipitation in the analogs, probably because the moisture-bearing low-level flow was more constrained.
19.11.2025 18:52
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An interesting new project about the physical and dynamical processes behind extreme windstorms in present and future climate ๐ฌ at @unirdg-artcol.bsky.social
Consider applying if you are interested!
31.10.2025 12:25
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"Sycophancy essentially means that the model trusts the user to say correct things,โ says Jasper Dekoninck, a data science PhD student at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich".
25.10.2025 07:24
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Cette carte est unique au monde. Aprรจs plusieurs mois de modรฉlisation, AgroClimat2050 dรฉvoile une 1รจre mondiale : la biogรฉographie future (cโest-ร -dire lโaire de rรฉpartition) de lโune des ๐ les + consommรฉes au monde (Golden) grรขce ร un modรจle agroclimatique qui n'a pas d'รฉquivalent en Europe.
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14.10.2025 10:12
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EGUsphere - Storm Boris (2024) in the current and future climate: a dynamics-centered contextualization, and some lessons learnt
Storm Boris hit central Europe with extreme precipitation in September 2024: how will this event look like in a warmer climate? ๐ง๐ก
Many different, but equally correct answers can be given! Discover the nuances in our new work, now in open discussion at
egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
08.08.2025 19:21
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A question about causality: are the oceans intensifying heat inland, or are they warming as a result of the same circulation inducing heat over land? The second pathway is clear, the first not immediately obvious as sea temperature is less than land air temperature.
25.07.2025 06:52
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Esto no es un video del tifรณn, es un viejo video de una tormenta.
21.07.2025 14:26
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Bref coup de chaud mardi&mercredi associรฉ a une dรฉpression "pompe a chaleur" au large du Portugal #PlumeDeChaleur, puis probable mise en place d'un trรจs puissant #DomeDeChaleur (fort anticyclone) pour la fin du moins de Juin avec persistance de chaleur extrรชme (Sud ๐ซ๐ท).
Effrayant mais pas surprenant!
23.06.2025 19:47
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Yes and indeed these bullet points about inertia are nowhere to be found in the English version of Red Electrica.
Still interesting, however, that everything seems to have started from a solar power plant... and the exact cause not been found yet.
23.06.2025 20:32
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Interestingly yes, it seems. This is an excerpt from the conclusions (in Spanish, but I think the first sentence is still understandable).
23.06.2025 20:23
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Amid DOGE-induced turmoil, National Science Foundation in crisis
The $9 billion agency, which exists solely to fund researchers, projects and facilities outside its Alexandria, Virginia, headquarters, is hitting reverse on its mission.
Under pressure from the Trump administration, the National Science Foundation (NSF), a $9 billion agency funding scientific research that has made America great, has canceled over a thousand grants and slowed new funding. That's just the beginning and will get way worse unless Congress intervenes.
01.05.2025 19:25
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Dear weather and climate dynamics enthusiasts, an exciting session with 24 contributions (orals+posters) awaits you at EGU25 **tomorrow**, Monday 28.05, from 14 to 18 in rooms M1 and X5.
Hope to see many of you there at the "Atmospheric Rossby Waves and Jet Dynamics" session! ๐ฌ๏ธใฐ๏ธ๐
27.04.2025 22:14
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An incredible view of a dust storm charging south across Mexico.
21.04.2025 16:51
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Premiรจre #galerne (coup de vent brutal sur Pays Basque/Sud Landes) ce soir 18 Avril autour de 19h avec rafales locales proches de 100km/h.
Renversement/renforcement extrรชmement rapide des vents au passage d'un front orageux aprรจs belle journรฉe de chauffage (Tempรฉrature ~25ยฐC dans le Sud-Ouest)
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18.04.2025 14:29
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Doppler radars for tornado and severe weather rapid warnings, hurricane hunters' flights for improved track and intensity forecasts, weather and climate models used by many stakeholders...
NOAA excellence and contribution to society are under threat. Full support to it and to @ametsoc.org effort!
17.04.2025 20:27
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You are welcome :) it is algebra-based but very insightful. And free, also for your students :)
In case you need to deepen more specific topics just let me know, and I can easily refer to more advanced tomes.
15.04.2025 20:17
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One of a meteorologistโs biggest pet peeves is โmy app says itโll be ____โ. Weather apps can miss so many details that a meteorologist will know.
Letโs use tomorrow in NYC โ my app says itโll be 78 degrees but rainy. But is that the full story? Spoiler alertโฆ no, itโs not!
28.03.2025 23:38
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Science Helps You Thrive: Strong U.S. Scientific Leadership Raises Us All
The AMS is a global community committed to advancing weather, water, and climate science and service.
From life-saving weather warnings and cancer treatments to tech breakthroughs, federally funded science drives progress. In an open letter, the AMS urges strong federal science funding to ensure our future.
More: bit.ly/4j6rQGZ
25.03.2025 15:04
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In Svizzera si puoสป essere un vero "Eidgenosse" (un "confederato") o magari piรน informalmente un "Bรผnzli" ๐จ๐ญ
18.03.2025 06:40
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๐งต: I am getting texts on what scientists should do in this perilous and scary moment. My advice: your biggest power is to organize through your professional societies. A few ideas -
23.01.2025 21:46
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๐จPaper alert ๐จ
Do you wonder about how emotions influence climate-friendly outcomes?
@kimdoell.bsky.social and I have analyzed how 8 emotions influence climate beliefs, climate policy support, sharing climate messages, and climate behavior across 63 countries.
We found that... 1/
19.02.2025 18:49
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