Mediterranean | Monitoring the extension of tropical moisture to the western Mediterranean and the development of a rainstorm accompanied by a highly effective air front in the coming hours

Arab Weather - The latest satellite images taken on Sunday afternoon indicate the extension of tropical moisture from northwest Africa towards the western Mediterranean Sea, which is clearly visible through dense cloud bands extending from Algeria to the western Mediterranean Sea and southwest of the European continent. This condition coincides with the movement of a cold upper air depression towards the west, where it meets tropical moisture during the evening and night hours of Sunday/Monday over central and southern Europe.

Tropical humidity reaches the center of the depression and causes it to develop into a rainstorm in the coming hours

With the unusual rush of tropical moisture towards the Mediterranean Sea, and in conjunction with the undulation of the polar jet stream and the rush of a cold upper basin towards central and southern Europe via the Tyrrhenian Sea, which is considered part of the Mediterranean Sea, which has been suffering from surface warming in the recent period as a result of marine heat waves.

A rainstorm is forming in the western Mediterranean. Will it affect the Maghreb countries?

With the combination of these weather conditions, a rainstorm forms over the European continent, where a deep low pressure system with atmospheric pressure values reaching 997 millibars is created, accompanied by a strong cold air front that crosses many countries and causes a severe rain wave that leads to floods and torrents.

A strong cold front that accompanies a rainstorm (with heavy rain, thunderstorms, and hail)

Weather experts at the Arab Weather Center said that the deep air depression will move eastward, and thus the cold air will cross the surface of the Mediterranean Sea, which is suffering from warming, coinciding with the extension of tropical humidity, which will lead to an increase in weather activity and its strong impact on central and southern Europe during the period from the evening of Sunday 9/8/2024 until Tuesday 9/10/2024, specifically the Balkan countries, especially Italy and Greece. A severe cold air front will form, accompanied by high-altitude thunderclouds, accompanied by heavy rains, thunderstorms and severe and successive hail, which will increase the risk of torrents and floods in many areas.

Unusual movement of the atmosphere... tropical moisture reaches the Mediterranean and causes a severe rainstorm

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