Medicane over Italy
02 December 2014 06:00 UTC–03 December 14:00 UTC
A swirling area of low pressure over Lazio on 3 December showed a clear eye - indicating a medicane.
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22 October 2020
Published on
02 December 2014
The infrared RGB animation shows convective systems generating in the north-western Mediterranean (Tyrrhenian Sea). These evolved into an almost circular small sized cyclone, known as a medicane.
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The storm hit Italy a few kilometres west of Rome, bringing heavy rain to the country.
On the Metop-B Natural Colour RGB, from 3 November 08:36 UTC, and the composite Meteosat-8 HRV/RGB image, from 3 November 08:00 UTC, a distinct eye can be seen to the west of Rome.
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