Friday 26 September 2008

Sunny in Norway, rainy in Greece!

The weather in Southern Norway is wonderful and although it's cold at night, most Norwegians go with T-shirts during the day as the sun is shining all day! The temperature is up to 16oC and even up to 20oC in some areas!
So that's how weather is in Norway, whereas Low pressures has given Greece plenty of rain and thunderstorms lately and will also continue next days. It was about time this happened, because they needed these rainfalls!

Wednesday 17 September 2008

Norwegian Cumulonimbus (photos)

September started with quite good weather, but plenty of showers were interrupting the sunshine.


Some dark clouds were also getting closer, where I also heard only one rumble from!





Thunderstorms in Norway are really irritating. It's the only place, where almost all of Cb clouds I've seen this summer have made only one rumble heard each! The max number of rumbles I've heard this year is about 10-15 and unfortunately not at night... It's some years now since the last time Southern Norway experienced thunderstorm with many thunders...
After sunset, the Cumulonimbus clouds are often being transfered over the sea in Norway and that was obvious on 3rd September.



And new Cumulus were following, also growing up to Cumulonimbus after a while.


A “dead” Cb was getting closer from West and it was still able to give some rain.


This happened the perfect time, because a wonderful rainbow was created!


And the combination of rain and sun was so strong, that a second rainbow appeared above the first one!


The night was about to come, but before this, the Cb clouds made a spectacular view having this pink color.




When the sky got darker, I was looking for Cbs to find out if they do have electrical phenomena. Well, I observed this Cb cloud...


...but there was no lightning to see in it, except of the flashes I noticed coming from some clouds close to it, but there were only 2-3 of them again...

There weren't many Cbs to see next day, but lots of Cumulus clouds coming from the sea were giving also lots of showers. So, the weather was both sunny and rainy.





Some Cu appeared unexpectedly in the evening, but they were too weak to form any rain.


About ten days ago, early morning, a thunderstorm passed over Arendal, but-as unlucky I always am-the rumbles could be heard after it passed the area I live in... There were some louder noises this time, but there were not more than 10-15 of course... The cloud basis was indicating the unstable atmosphere.



And these were the only interesting clouds till today. After that day, the clouds were really boring and made you feel derpresed....
It's also cold now. When the sky is cloudless, the temperature goes down to 5oC at night, already now, in September...
Well... have a nice winter and plenty of snowfalls, then... Thunderstorms have to wait some months now...

Monday 15 September 2008

6 days with rain! (photos)

I surely understand how weather affects human psychology...
After having nothing to do, due to heavy rainfalls, I was so bored and was feeling really depressed! From the beginning of September and till 11/9 there was no day without rain! The month hasn't come to the end and the precipitation has already reached 108,6mm!

Fortunately, a High Pressure is moving towards Scandinavia, so sunny weather will hopefully be this week's main characteristic. And something I have noticed is that when the weather is good in Northern Europe, then bad weather is expected in Southern areas and the opposite again.
And that's happening also this time. As we Norwegians are having sunny days now, in Greece unstable atmosphere will give severe thunderstorms next days. It's a cold front which have caused big Cumulonimbus clouds in Spain, Italy and in other Mediterranean countries. Well, it was about time, since Northern Greece has experienced a long period with drought and high temperatures. The last time it rained in Thessaloniki was 4 July!

There weren't many days with over 40oC this summer in Greece, as last year (apart from the mainland, where temperature is always higher), but the temperature has been over 34oC constantly for many weeks something exhausting for urban citizens!
But they will surely get their goodies in the coming period!

Thursday 11 September 2008

"Weather & Clouds" changes location!

It's many days ago since the last time I updated the blog, but big changes have happened lately.
I finished school this year in Greece, but ufortunately I didn't pass in Thessaloniki's university at Physics. This was my only choice in order to study meteorology later, so I had to give exams one more time if I wanted to be a student of Aristotelio Panepistimio.
But, that would be exhausting and greek university isn't known to be that good, either. So, after having heard some friends' opinions and advice I decides that it would be best to study meteorology in Norway.
So, I am writing from Norway now, where I have been since the end of August. I decided to wait studying meteorology next year and learn the norwegian language even better instead. So even though I speak norwegian quite well, I have started school now watching norwegian lessons and I will ask for participating in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry (Realfag).
I live with my grandparents for now in Arendal, South Norway, but next month the my mother and sister are coming to Norway, too, so it won't be only me moving to this country...
Next years seem to be interesting and Norway is a country known for severe weather and for being visited by Low pressures from Atlantic. However... thunderstorms, like those in Greece, are something I will miss...
So from now on... Weather photos and descriptions from Arendal, South Norway!