Storm Ruzica, which brought storm gusts over 160km/h to central Europe yesterday, is now quickly weakening and is currently located over Scandinavia. However, a new storm is approaching from the West, named SUSANNA. Along the cold front of that storm, a new low is predicted to form over northern Italy. Below are the ESC Overview and the ESC Warnings and Watches maps.
Powerful and severe storm RUZICA is making landfall in Europe today, and, even though forecasts vary quite a bit, is expected to bring quite a bit of wind. In Germany, numerous carnival parades have been cancelled because of security risks. Below are the ESC Overview as well as the Warnings and Watches. Stay safe!
Below is the GFS map for today, 06UTC.
A new storm has formed in the past couple hours, currently located over the North Atlantic. It is named “PIA”, and will continue to move towards the Northesat. Below arethe M.I.L.K. ESC Overview maps.
The remaints of storm NORKYS, which caused storm gusts quite a bit over 200km/h in the UK, are currently located over southern Scandinavia and will continue to move east. Within 12 hours, most of the damaging winds are expected to dissipate. Europe will generally be fairly calm today, with no new storm system taking over from the west. A new, and possibly very powerful storm system is expected to form over the North Atlantic tomorrow, and might cause severe storm gusts in Iceland.
The latest GFS analysis of the peak gusts.
Storm NORKYS, currently located to the North of the UK, will continue moving eastwards and is now also affecting central Europe with its wind field. Peak gusts in the UK reached up to 230km/h, showing the extreme force of this storm. The central pressure is currently 966hPa. Gusts have significantly started to pick up in central Europe, exceeding 150km/h on some mountains. NORKYS is the only Atlantic storm in the region, and therefore ESC decided to not publish the “traditional” overview.
The UWZ storm warnings for Europe
The 00UTC peak gust analysis by GFS.
The isobars are very close together, causing a high pressure gradient.
NORKYS is located tot he North of the UK.
The very powerful storm NORYKS, currently located near Iceland, will strike the British Isles today with storm gusts over 140km/h even in low areas and waves up to 14m at the coasts. Especially affected will be the North of the UK.
Storm NORYKS is clearly visible in the current satellite image.
The pressure forecast. Note how close the isobars of storm NORYKS are, and hence how steep the pressure gradient is (causing high wind speeds).
The UWZ warnings for Europe as of 05:25UTC
The GFS forecast for today, 18UTC shows that the N of the UK will be most severely affected, accordging to current forecasts.
Severe storm MARITA, currently located North of Ireland, is already causing storm gusts over 170km/h in the UK, and locally wind speeds can be even higher. In Ireland, there are currently 3,500 people without electricity thanks to MARITA. Warnings have been issued for big parts of Northern Europe. Please be careful in these regions! Below are the ESC overview as well as the Warnigns and Watches map.
As storm Leonie moves towards the east and is dissipating, a new and powerful storm has formed near Iceland, with peak gusts currently calculted to be exceeding 150km/h. The storm will strike the British Isles with full force today, bringing the possibility for peak gusts up to 170km/h even in non-mountainous regions in the N. The storm will move further east, and hence warnings and watches have been issued for a vast part of Northern Europe. Below are the ESC Overview as well as the Warnigns and Watches map.
