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EUROPE BURNING

• Europe is battling an unprecedented heat wave, which has set records in 3 countries and is linked to at least 4 deaths

HEAT WAVE

• The World Meteorological Organization defines it as five or more consecutive days during which the daily maximum temperature surpasses the average maximum temperature by 5 °C (9 °F) or more. Some countries have adopted their own standards.
• the U.S. National Weather Service defines a heat wave as a spell of “abnormally and uncomfortably hot and unusually humid weather” spanning two days or more.

WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION

• An intergovernmental organization with a membership of 193 Member States and Territories.
• The Organization is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

IMD

• According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), a heat wave is qualified when air temperatures of at least 40 °C (104 °F) in the plains or greater than 30 °C (86 °F) in the hilly regions.
• For the IMD classification of heat waves, temperatures greater than 46 °C (114.8 °F) are considered and classified as severe heat waves.

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 JULY 2019 EUROPEAN HEAT WAVE

• It follows after an unusually hot June in Europe, and has been caused by a strong omega block. This latest heat wave is being triggered by an omega block, a type of upper-level high-pressure pattern resembling the Greek letter Ω that blocks and diverts the jet stream. This will allow hot air to surge northward from northern Africa and the Iberian Peninsula.

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