Severe storms: 7th July Italy, Slovenia and Austria

Authors:

  • Agostino Manzato
  • Jarno Schipper

Since 25th June central EUrope is plagued by severe thunderstorms. With already saturated soils from a previous rainevent during the third week of June, these extra thunderstorms are considered dangerous and cause flash floods. In this small case some images and loops of a larger cell which developed in Nortnern Italy and moved over the NE part of the country with associated thunderstorms moved in Slovenia.


Animations:

Meteosat 9 IR10.8 with overlaid lightning and sounding at 500hPa data

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lightnings data provided by CESI/SIRF

Radar 10 minute 6 July 2305UTC - 7 July 0305UTC + Station Plots

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Radar 10 minute 7 July 1025UTC - 7 July 1505UTC + Station Plots

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Radar 10 minute 7 July 2205UTC - 8 July 0205UTC + Station Plots

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Stations and radar data provided by OSMER-ARPA FVG

Images:

Profilo del sondaggio - Sounding data provided by italian Aereonautica Militare

serie temporale della temperatura - 5' temperature

serie temporale della theta_e - 5' Equivalent Potential Temperature

serie temporale della pressione - 5' pressure

serie temporale del mixing ratio - 5' mixing ratio

serie temporale della pioggia - rain in 5' (not hourly)

serie temporale della radiazione solare - 5' solar radiation

serie temporale della umidita' relativa - 5' relative humidity

serie temporale della velocita' vento - 5' wind speed at 10m

serie temporale della direzione vento - 5' wind dir at 10m

 
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