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as the sky clears up during the night (5 to 6 Jan.) very low temeratures expected due to rapid heat loss at night. Models agree for min temperatures at locations near the shore but there are big inaccuracies for mainland locations.

Ringing in the New Year here in Thailand by keeping an eye on Tropical storm Pabuk, and I'm spreading plenty of wind and rain graphics/updates of ECMWF data for the community. Thanks windy!

@gkikas-lgpz German was added + some bugs in alert processing and time filtering were fixed. Please note that we are not displaying any warnings with Severity below Moderate.

... now, let use the "sounding forecast" tool for this area ... ... as we can see, at the height of 1144m, the temperature is 0 C. So, we assume, that we must expect the precipitation must be in the form of SNOW. If we take into account that snows even in temperatures of +2 C (but melts in a while) we must expect snow in areas above 900m. Conclusion: by using soundings we can have more precise forecast, especialy for "borderline" conditions (rain - snow). Now, I'll wait till Thursday to see if will snow in the hills and mountains of the above mentioned area (near Thessaloniki, Greece) :-)

... accumulated precipitation 100~150 mm over W. Greece, Albania and Montenegro.

Driven by brexit...

Metop-C was successfully launched from the European Space Port in Kourou, French Guiana. https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_4128803.html?lang=EN&pState=1 I copy: "...Metop-C provides vital observations for weather forecasts up to 10 days ahead ... ... carries nine instruments measuring mainly vertical profiles of temperature and humidity, cloud properties, atmospheric composition, sea surface temperature, wind at the ocean surface, sea ice parameters, vegetation parameters and soil moisture. ... data has the highest positive impact on global numerical weather prediction, in terms of reducing forecast errors one day ahead. In addition, supports operational oceanography, marine meteorology, air quality forecasting and climate monitoring ...".