Articles | Volume 6, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-1319-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-1319-2025
Research article
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04 Nov 2025
Research article |  | 04 Nov 2025

Case study of a long-lived Siberian summer cyclone that evolved from a heat low into an Arctic cyclone

Franziska Schnyder, Ming Hon Franco Lee, and Heini Wernli

Data sets

Complete ERA5 from 1940: Fifth generation of ECMWF atmospheric reanalyses of the global climate H. Hersbach et al. https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.143582cf

Video supplement

Detailed evolution of a long-lived Siberian summer cyclone that evolved from a heat low into an Arctic cyclone Franziska Schnyder https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000730684

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Short summary
In this study, we investigate a particularly long-lived example of a Siberian summer cyclone, which originates during a heat wave in Kazakhstan in July 2021 and propagates into the Arctic, where it leads to heavy precipitation and alters the Arctic tropopause. Although a rare event in current climate, this case reveals how compounding events may be linked by one weather system and portrays a type of cyclone event which is likely to become more frequent in a warmer climate.
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