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1. Impact
Temperatures in some places exceeded 40C.
The end of the heatwave was followed by an outbreak of severe thunderstorms that started on 2nd July and continued on the 3rd July affecting Bulgaria and southern Romania.
Air mass RGB animation of the severe convective outbreak over the Balkans, 2-3 July 2017.
2. Description of the event
An extreme heatwave occurred over south-east Europe in the last week of June.
3. Predictability
3.1 Data assimilation
3.2 HRES
3.3 ENS
3.4 Monthly forecasts
3.5 Comparison with other centres
4. Experience from general performance/other cases