Severe weather across Central Europe due to to damaging wind gusts, heavy rainfall, large hail, and tornado threat ⛈️🌬️
🔴⚠️Extreme alert in Croatia, Switzerland, and Hungary according to Meteoalarm
And a level 3 warning in European Storm Forecast Experiment, for more details check their discussion here ESTOFEX
🌡️🌊Increased Mediterranean Sea surface temperatures influence this type of extreme event in Central Europe. (Volosciuk et al. 2016)
The responsible physical mechanism is increased evaporation from and enhanced atmospheric moisture content over the Sea. The excess in precipitable water is transported from the Mediterranean Sea to Central Europe causing stronger precipitation extremes over that region ⛈️💧
Remember that you can check the weather forecast at Aphelion Weather
