Status:Ongoing analysis Material Status: Finalised Material from: Linus, Laura et al.
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1. Impact
The summer of 2018 was certainly one of the warmest and driest for northern Europe in recent history.
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The plot below shows a map of the global temperature anomalies for JJA 2018, calculated from 00, 06, 12 and 18UTC ERA-Interim analyses.
The plot below shows a Howmoller plot of 850hPa temperature anomalies averaged between 50-55N, starting from 1 April on the bottom. The anomalous heat started already in April and May for central-northern Europe.
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The plots below show 2-metre anomalies for JJA from ECMWF (left), UKMO (middle) and MeteoFrance, all issued by C3S on 1 May.
The next plots show the same as above but for z500.
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4. Experience from general performance/other cases
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5. Good and bad aspects of the forecasts for the event
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