Easter with snowstorms in Northern Europe!

Katholic Easter has fallen early this year and the weather in Northern Europe is not like spring at all.
It was a white Easter today for Scandinavia, UK, Germany and many other countries in Europe. The snow amount in Southern Norway, specifically, was over 80cm and it is still snowing, contrary to Oslo, were the weather is better now. Many electricity cuts have also been reported in Norway after the harsh snowstorms.
The temperature is also very low all over Scandinavia and it will be down to -15-20oC in many areas in Northern Norway. The temperature in Oslo yesterday morning was -11,7oC the lowest since 19 December.
The snowfalls will continue in Northern Europe for some days this week, but the weather will get warmer and sunnier by the end of the month.

You can see some photos here;
http://www.agderposten.no/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=
AP&Dato=20080321&Kategori=FOTOALBUM&Lopenr=380912092&Ref=PH
http://www.agderposten.no/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=
AP&Dato=20080322&Kategori=FOTOALBUM&Lopenr=18597727&Ref=PH

Or watch the snowstorm in these webcams;
http://www.agderposten.no/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=webcam
http://www.webcamsinnorway.com/webcams.php?viewcam=689

21 cloud time lapse videos of 2007

2007, Thessaloniki-Macedonia,Greece. 21 time lapse videos of various clouds taken during the whole year of 2007. Watch clouds passing by, Cumulus growing up to Cumulonimbus, thunderstorms and many other beautiful clouds..."made in Greece!"

Cumulus time lapse video

Some Cumulus clouds appeared over mountains today, Monday, but it wasn't raining anywhere...


However, the weather will change tomorrow and I hope thunderstorms will come...

Welcome Spring, welcome thunderstorms! (photos)

At last, sun is shining and makes weather unstable!
Today, was the first day of the year with thunderstorms around Thessaloniki and Cumulonimbus clouds were appearing constantly!
The first Cumulus appeared in the morning around ~10:00 over the mountains!


Later in the day, all horizons were totally full of Cumulonimbus! One of them, a Cb towards mt Olympus had already formed an ambolt. I went to Neous Epivates, SouthWest of Thessaloniki, to watch a carnaval parade, so the photos are taken from there.


The Cumulus clouds over mt Hortiatis were growing and an ambolt was being formed on the top of them.


However, no thunderstorm appeared in Thessaloniki.


A thunderstorm was being formed over the mountains South of the city.



The Cumulonimbus towards Olympus was disolving, but...


...many Tower Cumulus were following!


The clouds South of Thessaloniki were getting bigger and darker. I could also see, that it was raining in the mountains.


At the same time, some small Cumulus congestus near N. Epivates...


...grew up all together into a thunderstorm and I soon heard the first rumbles of the year (for me)!


However, the thunderstorm's "life" didn't last so long and it was raining from Perea to the airport during the cloud's disolvation.


However, new Cumulus didn't stop to appear...



...and after Cumulus, come Cumulonimbus!


Even few hours before sunset, the Cbs were getting bigger and bigger and bigger...




The Cb North of Thessaloniki was "dieing", but some Cumulus next to it were getting higher.


I saw some lightnings under the Cb, too, but the thunderstorm seemed to weaken, as the sun was disappearing...


You can watch a time lapse video of this Cumulonimbus cloud here;

Later at night, it started raining for a while, because of a weak Cb coming from West...

It was raining also on Friday for first time after 30 days (!) and the total precipitation was 8-9mm in 3 hours.

Thunderstorms appeared early this year! Well, there were almost no snowfalls in Northern Greece for second year (!), so... let's wish thunderstorms welcome, because they are always here with us! =P

The first Cumulonimbus of the year! (photos)

Wednesday 5 March 2008, I saw the first Cumulonimbus cloud NNE of Thessaloniki.


It seems, that I have to forget snow for this year... This is the second year with no remarkable snowfalls in Northern Greece...
So, let us hope that this summer will be full of thunderstorms, which always come!