Status:Ongoing analysis Material from: Ivan, Linus
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1. Impact
During the first week of January the north-eastern central and south-eastern part of Europe was hit by a cold spell resulting in temperatures below 40C in Sweden and Finland and temperatures below 30C far down on the continent. In connection, many countries in southern and south-eastern Europe (e.g Italy, Greece and Turkey) were hit by severe snowfall.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38546998
2. Description of the event
The plots below shows analyses of z500 and t850 for the period 2-9 January.
The plots below show EFI and SOT for 2-metre temperature day 1 as a proxy for analysis of how extreme the temperature were from 2 to 9 January.
3. Predictability
3.1 Data assimilation
3.2 HRES
3.3 ENS
3.4 Monthly forecasts
The plots below show weekly temperature anomalies for 2-8 January.
3.5 Comparison with other centres
4. Experience from general performance/other cases