Participants are closely monitoring the “high CAPE, high shear – situation” over parts of western Europe. Testbed forecasts calling for a level 2 in the period until tomorrow 6 UTC.

Western Europe and also the Danube delta region close to the Black Sea are some of the hotspots for the first testbed forecasts. This time we start with redesigned model maps and an improved roaming sounding tool, to name just two of the enhancements at the ESSL Testbed this year.

CAPE and shear overlap in the Danube delta region

Welcome to the participants of the first testbed week, from Slovakia, Poland, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, the Netherlands, Germany, and Austria.