Tropics Flare Up, No Threat to Production Region
This past weekend was quite warm across much of the mainland with Paris and Berlin being almost 5 C above normal and Madrid being 3 C above. This continues the trend of warm weather in October. Moscow started the month with temperatures 5.3C above normal for the first week. The warm weather stretched across much of Russia even through Siberia.
This week will bring much of the same with a slight cool down later in the week. Temperatures will only cool slightly though, keeping temperatures above normal. This trend will continue for much of October with brief cool periods embedded within long stretches of warm weather. A broad cool down is not forecast at any point in the next 2 weeks.
Tropical activity has ramped up this past weekend with a new tropical storm being named and an area of likely development being identified. Tropical Storm Nana formed in the middle of the Atlantic and conditions are unfavorable for it to survive the week. It will pose no threat to land or the production region. An area of thunderstorms south of Puerto Rico is expected to intensify into a tropical storm, fortunately for consumers it will likely head north into the open Atlantic.
Tags: Europe Heat, Tropical Storm Nana, Tropical Storm Omar, Tropics