Continued polar winds force a new Atlantic storm to head full force towards western Europe

Arab Weather - The latest satellite images from the Arab Weather Regional Center monitor the formation of a huge Atlantic storm centered over the waters of the North Atlantic Ocean, resulting from the rush of a cold polar air mass towards the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, which resulted in a sharp drop in atmospheric pressure values, with expectations of the storm deepening further during Sunday, accompanied by strong winds and heavy snow.

Atmospheric pressure collapses in the center of a huge Atlantic storm affecting Western European countries

In detail, weather experts at the Arab Weather Regional Center are following up on the latest outputs from what is called computer simulation, which indicate that Western European countries will be affected by a huge Atlantic storm starting from Sunday until the middle of the week, which is expected to deepen further, meaning that atmospheric pressure values will drop to about 948 millibars, resulting in strong winds exceeding 100 km/hour and waves reaching a height of about 12 to 14 meters.

The storm's effects include many Western European countries accompanied by strong winds, and heavy rains fall on most Western European countries, especially Ireland, the United Kingdom and Britain, extending with high momentum to Portugal, Spain and France, which may cause torrents and floods. This storm comes as part of a series of storms expected during the rest of this month in the North Atlantic Ocean and Western Europe, bringing with it very heavy rains and snow.

This is due to the continued weakness of the polar vortex, which results in the concentration of polar depressions towards high latitudes, including northern Europe and the northern Atlantic Ocean, which extend towards southern Europe and from which low-pressure systems form, God willing.

A collapse in air pressure at the center of the storm highlights the occurrence of a bomb cyclone.

With the collapse of atmospheric pressure at the center of the storm, experts at the Arab Weather Center said that the phenomenon of "explosive cyclogenesis" or bomb cyclone was prominent in the storm, which is a weather phenomenon that results in a collapse in atmospheric pressure values to reach values similar to the atmospheric pressure values in tropical storms and hurricanes, but outside the tropical region. The storms that arise from this phenomenon do not acquire any tropical characteristics.

A bomb cyclone occurs when a cold air mass meets a warm, moist one, causing a drop in air pressure of 24 millibars in 24 hours. This type of weather phenomenon is most common in the North Atlantic Ocean.

And God knows best.