Climate Reading | Polar Jet Stream Waves Reflect Extreme Weather Patterns Over Vast Areas of Europe in Coming Period

Arab Weather - Specialists at the Arab Weather Center are monitoring the atmospheric pressures over the North Pole, which directly control the movement of air masses and their flow towards lower latitudes. The atmospheric system over the North Pole causes the polar jet stream to undulate, allowing polar waves to flow southward. This undulation in the jet stream, which usually occurs due to the temperature difference between the pole and temperate regions, is considered the main driver of the climate disturbances currently witnessed in Europe.

Polar Waves Flow into the Atlantic: Direct Effects on Storm Activity

Arab Weather experts reported that as these cold polar waves flow towards the Atlantic Ocean, the cold air interacts with the warmer Atlantic waters, activating Atlantic storms. These storms are becoming stronger and more widespread, causing significant fluctuations in weather along the Atlantic coast. These storms are expected to continue to affect weather patterns in the region for longer periods than usual, as they continue to be active during the coming period and are accompanied by strong winds and heavy rains in various regions of Northern Europe.

Cold upper troughs extend to Europe: Unstable results ranging from rain to thunderstorms

According to the computer outputs, the jet stream undulation not only activates Atlantic storms, but also causes the cold upper basins to extend towards the rest of Europe. As a result, many European regions experience unstable weather conditions, including sudden temperature fluctuations, very heavy rainfall in short periods, and sudden strong winds. The likelihood of strong thunderstorms is also increasing, which may be accompanied by large and damaging hail in some areas.

Future forecast: Heat wave and heavy rains hit several countries in Europe as a result of the passage of an upper wave

Weather forecasters at the Arab Weather Center reported that the latest computer simulation readings indicate that the European continent will continue to be affected by a heat wave that will include large countries in the coming days, as temperatures may reach forty degrees in European regions amid extremely hot summer weather. This is due to the rush of a hot air mass from the African Sahara, and this heat wave will bring exhausting and extremely hot weather. According to the processed weather maps, the heat wave includes the Scandinavian countries and Turkey, where maximum temperatures may reach nearly 40 degrees Celsius, and may exceed that in some areas, amid extremely hot weather that dominates the European continent.

The hot air mass is accompanied by the passage of an upper wave or an upper depression in the upper layers of the atmosphere. The passage of the upper wave causes unstable weather conditions in large countries of the European continent. The activity of cumulonimbus clouds continues, accompanied by thunderstorms of rain and hail, which may cause torrents and floods, especially in France, Spain and Italy, in addition to the rest of the Scandinavian countries.

God knows best.

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