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2. Description of the event
The plot below shows the evolution of EFI for 2-metre temperature for three cities (Madrid - blue, Vienna - black and Stockholm - light blue) from the last week of June up to mid August. The solid lines are based on 1-day forecasts and dashed on 6-day forecasts. For Madrid more or less the whole July was extremely warm, while Vienna had 3 separate periods of heat and Stockholm was only affected by the first. In this page we will mainly focus on the first period.
The plots below shows the evolution of z500 and t850 and analyses spanning from 26 June to 5 July. The plots show the ridge building up from the south-west bringing warm air from north-west Africa to Europe.
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