Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Sort Refine results Categories Weather Meteosat Atmospheric composition Land Data Metop Sentinel Tags Europe ASCAT AVHRR MSG OLCI SEVIRI Sentinel-3 Africa Metop-A Metop-B Metop Asia Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS Date 2016 Date January February March April May July August October November December SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 21 results Case study 20 December 2016 00:00–10:45 UTC Snow over Jordan and northern parts of Saudi Arabia Overnight on 19-20 December 2016 there were heavy snowfalls in Jordan and in Turaif city in Saudi Arabia. Case study 4 December 2016 12:12 UTC Flooding in southern Spain Tropical air trapped in Gulf of Cadiz caused severe flooding in southern Spain in December 2016. Case study 22 November 2016 12:00 UTC–25 November 12:00 UTC Heavy rain & flooding in Piedmont, Italy In November 2016 Piedmont region of Italy had intense multi-day precipitation. Case study 19 November 13:00 UTC–21 November 2016 13:00 UTC Storm Angus Storm Angus, the first named UK storm of Autumn 2016, brought high winds and flooding to southern parts of the country. Case study 26 October 2016 21:00 UTC–31 October 15:00 UTC Medicane over the Mediterranean Sea In late October 2016 both Meteosat-10 and Metop 'saw' a Medicane that formed over the Ionian Sea. Case study 6 August 2016 12:00–23:00 UTC Torrential rain over Skopje The area of Skopje, in the Republic of Macedonia, had 100 mm of rain in two hours on 6 August 2016. Case study 19 July 2016 10:45 UTC and 19 July 18:00 UTC– 20 July 09:00 UTC Extreme heat triggers thunderstorms in the UK On 19 July the UK saw its hottest day of 2016, when the mercury topped 33 °C. The heat then triggered thunderstorms. Case study 18 July 00:12 UTC–20 July 2016 12:42 UTC Red rain over Spain Southern Spain had muddy rain (also called red rain or rain dust) as a result of convection on 20 July. Case study 13 July 2016 05:00–15:00 UTC Convective storms over Belarus On 13 July 2016 a cyclone brought severe weather to the Republic of Belarus. Case study 10 July 2016 10:45–11:05 UTC and 18:00 UTC Low cloud vortices off coast of Morocco On 10 July a low cloud vortex was spotted off the northwest coast of Morocco. Case study 27 May 2016 15:00 UTC–8 June 15:00 UTC A stormy time for Europe The end of May and the beginning of June 2016 saw a particularly stormy period over Europe. Case study 23 May 2016 12:00–17:27 UTC Large hailstones and lightning in Central Europe Severe storms caused heavy rain, large hailstones and numerous lightning strikes to hit parts of central Europe. Load More
