Cold Snap Hits Europe While Cyclone Strikes Australia
A low-pressure system brought severe and unsettled weather across southern Europe this week, delivering cold fronts, rain, and snow to western and central regions. The system had earlier caused colder conditions across parts of the UK before moving southward. Simultaneously, a cyclone struck Australia, adding to a week of global extreme weather events.
Low pressure brings unsettled conditions to southern Europe, and rain and snow to western and central areasSouthern Europe has been under a variety of severe weather warnings this week owing to widely unsettled conditions driven by an area of low pressure in the region. This area of low pressure – previously a part of the system that brought colder conditions to swathes of the UK earlier this week – moved southwards across Europe through the middle of the week.In doing so, it brought a cold front across western and central parts of Europe, with spells of rain and hill snow across the Alps on Wednesday, followed by snow showers on a brisk north-westerly wind. By Friday morning, accumulations of 20-40cm were expected above 600 metres, and with 60-100cm above 1,000 metres in the Swiss Alps. Continue reading...