Extreme rainfall and strong winds can each cause major disruption. When they occur together—or within only a few days of each other—their combined impacts can be even more severe. Heavy rainfall may saturate soils and increase flood risk, while strong winds can damage infrastructure, disrupt transport and bring down trees or power lines. Forecasting these events is essential for early-warning syst ...[Read More]
ECS Spotlight: Can Weather Analogues forecast Europe’s Wind and Rainfall Extremes?
Figure: Simulating Compound Rain and Wind Events Across Europe for 1 and 5 day forecast window. Rain–wind denotes events in which extreme rainfall precedes extreme wind, whereas wind–rain denotes events in which extreme wind precedes extreme rainfall. Values represent the difference between the observed and simulated numbers of events.
