3 years ago today, Super Typhoon Doksuri (Egay) reached a 150 MPH (240 kph) peak intensity offshore of Luzon in the Philippines.
He would become the COSTLIEST tropical cyclone outside of the North Atlantic Basin in modern history.
Severe thunderstorms are forecast to form tomorrow in Italy with a pretty substantial tornado possibly.
Besides that destructive hail and winds are likely within the strongest storms.
The negative effects of an exceptionally hot and dry summer in Western Europe is getting more and more noticeable. Major wildfires raging close to Madrid and others near Bordeaux, France…
Aqui está um gráfico que mostra o número de dias em que o planeta atingiu uma temperatura global da superfície igual ou superior a 17,0 °C, de 1º de janeiro de 1940 a 22 de julho de 2026.
🌡️ The Mediterranean is experiencing an extreme marine heatwave
Sea surface temperatures are above average across almost the entire Mediterranean. On 21 July, the basin-wide average reached 27.71 °C, which is 2.91 °C above the long-term average for that date (Copernicus Marine Service).
The largest anomalies are currently occurring in the western Mediterranean:
• off the coasts of Algeria and Tunisia and along the western coast of Libya, the water is locally more than 5 °C warmer than usual, with temperatures reaching almost 32 °C
• around Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily, and along the western coast of Italy, anomalies are around 4 °C, with water temperatures often between 29 and 30 °C
• off the coast of southern France, the water is more than 4 °C warmer than usual, with temperatures around 26 °C
Water temperatures in the western Mediterranean are therefore locally reaching levels more typical of the eastern part of the basin.
A marine heatwave is persisting across large parts of the western Mediterranean and is locally classified as severe to extreme.
A marine heatwave occurs when sea temperatures remain above the 90th percentile of the usual values for a given location and time of year for at least five consecutive days.
⛈️ Warmer seas increase evaporation and provide more heat and moisture to the atmosphere. Under favourable conditions, this can support more intense thunderstorms and heavier rainfall.
🐠 Prolonged warming also places marine ecosystems under stress, can cause mass mortality of marine organisms, and may alter the distribution of species.
@WX_Advisory Yes agree, this one was Ai indeed, and I retried it 3 times over because the Ai kept getting some details wrong. I tend to do all of them by hand but I thought that this event deserved a better one. When I do them by hand to edit the colors to make it more vibrant & attractive
Rough storms are coming today into parts of the Balkans and Italy, very large hail and strong winds are the main hazards, some storms can have potential for tornadic development.
Wow! Look at this amazing photo by Karen Fulkerson in Centerville, Virginia! Canadian wildfire smoke filtered out the shorter wavelengths of sunlight, leaving behinds searing fireball that looks like a scene out of Blade Runner!
Even crazier is the small blemish on the sun — a sunspot visible without special equipment! Sunspots are bruise-like discolorations on the surface of the sun that throb and pulsate with magnetic energy. They appear as dark spots. Karen’s is a large sunspot near the sun’s equator (sunspot #4489). It could produce a solar flare in the coming days!
Excellent work, Karen!