European Severe Storms Laboratory

Online: 12 March 2024, 13:00 – 15:00 UTC Participation free of cost. Pre-registration required. We present MTG-related information relevant to forecasters: • The status of the MTG commissioni...

https://www.essl.org/cms/registration-for-essl-eumetsat-annual-forecaster-event-2024-now-open/

As of 20 January 2024, 9627 large hail (2+ cm) reports were submitted to the European Severe Weather Database for the year 2023. Out of these, 1931 reports involved very large (5+ cm), and 92 rep...

https://www.essl.org/cms/hailstorms-of-2023/

A new study by ESSL, Adam Mickiewicz University, NSSL, and the Freie Universität Berlin, lead-authored by ESSL researcher Francesco Battaglioli, has been published in the AMS Journal of Applied ...

https://www.essl.org/cms/new-study-more-very-large-hail-in-europe/

Less than a week after setting a new European record, a hailstone 19 cm in diameter was found in Azzano Decimo, Italy. The previous record of 16cm in Carmignano di Brenta from 19 July lasted for ...

https://www.essl.org/cms/hail-record-broken-again-19cm-hailstone-confirmed-in-italy/

On 19 July, severe hailstorms affected large parts of Southern Europe. According to the experts of the European Severe Storms Laboratory (ESSL) so-called “giant hail” (hailstones with a diame...

https://www.essl.org/cms/new-european-record-16cm-hailstone-found-in-italy/

ESSL was asked by the City of Wiener Neustadt to support a major civil defense exercise for the city and surrounding districts. On July 5th, shortly before the start of the exercise, ESSL Directo...

https://www.essl.org/cms/essl-supports-civil-defense-exercise/

In June 2023, Méteo-France has become a member of the European Severe Storms Laboratory. This means that they have joined the present 25 Institutional Members of ESSL: public or non-profit organ...

https://www.essl.org/cms/essl-welcomes-meteo-france-as-a-new-full-institutional-member/

On the occasion of the first EUMETSAT-ESSL Testbed in 2023, the mayor of the city of Wiener Neustadt, Klaus Schneeberger, and the head of the governmental science department of the Federal State ...

https://www.essl.org/cms/mayor-of-wiener-neustadt-and-lower-austria-science-officer-visit-essl/

ESSL and collaborators drafted a document on the “International Fujita Scale” (IF-Scale). It defines a new method to rate tornado and wind damage and was presented at the European Conference ...

https://www.essl.org/cms/if-scale-draft-published-for-public-commenting/

The workshop is scheduled for autumn, from 16 to 18 October 2023, and takes the very broad view. Target audience are forecasters (“warners”) and heads of forecasters, researchers and practici...

https://www.essl.org/cms/first-essl-expert-workshop-on-severe-weather-warnings-from-expectations-via-physical-ingredients-to-impact-based-warnings-and-beyond/