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https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-1-325-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-1-325-2020
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17 Jul 2020
Research article |  | 17 Jul 2020

The role of large-scale dynamics in an exceptional sequence of severe thunderstorms in Europe May–June 2018

Susanna Mohr, Jannik Wilhelm, Jan Wandel, Michael Kunz, Raphael Portmann, Heinz Jürgen Punge, Manuel Schmidberger, Julian F. Quinting, and Christian M. Grams

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We investigated an exceptional thunderstorm episode in 2018, in which atmospheric blocking provided large-scale environmental conditions favouring convection. Furthermore, blocking was accompanied by a high cut-off frequency on its upstream side, which together with filaments of high PV provided the mesoscale setting for deep moist convection. The exceptional persistence of low stability combined with weak wind speed in the mid-troposphere over more than 3 weeks has never been observed before.