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Windy's practical features for embracing winter

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It is Windy in Norway!

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Thanks, Korina, great post. :) Nice to hear, that you've enjoyed this great sport.

Finally winter is going to cross Europe

Paolo Saracino — Invalid Date

We are experiencing a winter mostly influenced by a strong polar vortex, pushing several deep low pressure systems along high altitudes and causing the extension and the strengthening of a high pressure system over the southern Europe where winter is missed so far.

We can see that through the picture above, where a wide high pressure area is extending from Azores to Balkans, holding wintry sceneries along north Europe, from Britain isles up to Black Sea.

However, signs of change are forecasted over the next few days:

If we have a look at the 850hPa temperatures, we can see that a cold wave is going to cross our Continent, bringing a sharp fall in temperatures, up to the Mediterranean.

Obviously, all that will bring wintery showers, mixed of rain and snow along the Central Europe, such as France, Germany and Austria.

As we wrote earlier, the cold air, coming from north Europe, will be able to reach the Mediterranean, where temperatures will drop sensibly, coming back to average or slightly under.

Moreover, weather will get unsettled, with scattered showers and thunderstorms due to the thermic contrasts. Finally, snowfalls will appear over the Alps and the Apennines again.

From Thursday 27th, further snowfalls will move eastward, hitting the Balkans, whereas a new Atlantic perturbation will be ready to reach the Central Europe with new wintry sceneries.

Therefore, we can really say: welcome back winter.

https://www.windy.com/-Temperature-temp?gfs,850h,temp,2020-02-27-11,45.384,8.981,4,i:pressure,internal

Paolo Saracino

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What will the weather be like over the last days of January?

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Il cambio climatico è sempre più presente

Black sea snow effect is expected over the next few days

Gkikas LGPZ — Invalid Date

@Paolo-Saracino Grazie Paolo, great article! Lake effect snow is also common across the Great Lakes region (USA) when cold air from Canada, moves across the open waters of the Great Lakes. Wind direction is a key component in determining which areas will receive lake effect snow. Heavy snow may be falling in one location, while the sun may be shining just a mile or two away in either direction. The physical geography of the land and water is also important. [image: 1579722621575-5887dc28-4cc1-432c-810a-d3a48e56501e-%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C%CE%BD%CE%B1.png] credits: https://www.weather.gov/safety/winter-lake-effect-snow

Winter has taken a break over Mediterranean

Paolo Saracino — Invalid Date

After a cold wave that mostly hit south Italy through strong north winds, Winter is far away from Mediterranean.

As we can see, the picture shows us a strong and wide high pressure bridge, called Bernd, that is lying on west-central Europe. The cause is a strong polar vortex that makes high pressure extend from the Azores up to Balkan Peninsula.

Consequently, weather will remain mostly stable, because any perturbations will slide along higher latitudes. Therefore, a real break in between of Winter that, according to the latest forecasts, might last up to the next week.

https://www.windy.com/-Pressure-pressure?pressure,42.033,7.163,4,internal