Medicane over Italy
2 December 2014 06:00 UTC–3 December 14:00 UTC
A swirling area of low pressure over Lazio on 3 December showed a clear eye - indicating a medicane.
Last Updated
06 September 2022
Published on
02 December 2014
The infrared Dust RGB animation (Figure 1) shows convective systems generating in the north-western Mediterranean (Tyrrhenian Sea). These evolved into an almost circular small sized cyclone, known as a medicane.
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 (Figure 3), and the composite Meteosat-8 HRV/RGB image, from 3 November 08:00 UTC (Figure 4), a distinct eye can be seen to the west of Rome.
