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Quite a bit of eyewall lightning can be observed in hurricane Melissa. Due to slow motion of the hurricane, one can easily make out the eyewall by plotting one hour's worth of data. Here's one of such display in motion: meteologix.com/jm/lightning/… TT

A plume of smoke from wildfires in Canada has made it all the way to Eastern Europe. The skies have turned milky also at yours truly's home office in Estonia. meteologix.com/ee/satellite/… TT

Hurricane Oscar has rapidly developed just east of Turks and Caicos Islands, going from a low tropical storm to a hurricane with maximum sustained winds to 130 km/h in just a few hours. meteologix.com/do/satellite/… TT

Here is how the violent thunderstorms that hit Sicily early this morning appeared in infrared satellite imagery from MET-11 combined with MTG's LI groups. No weather radar data was available of the region at the time: meteologix.com/it/satellite/… TT

Eyewall lightning can be seen in lightning detection data from a category 4 hurricane Beryl as it makes its approach to Jamaica. Hurricane conditions are expected to begin there by midday. Tonight into tomorrow, Beryl will approach Cayman Islands. meteologix.com/jm/lightning/… TT

Hurricane Beryl became a category 5 hurricane late Tuesday and is heading now towards Jamaica. Even though Beryl has peaked in intensity, it is still expected to be a major hurricane at the time of expected landfall on Wednesday. meteologix.com/jm/satellite/… TT

Tropical storm Alberto is decaying over Mexico, but still quite sizeable. Notice how the cloud deck stretches from Mexico City all the way into Texas. Another tropical depression could form in the same general region this weekend. meteologix.com/mx/satellite/… TT

Meanwhile in the Gulf of Mexico, a tropical storm is expected to develop and make landfall in Mexico late Wednesday. The effects from it could also be felt in Texas due to the system's large size. meteologix.com/mx/satellite/… TT

Yesterday saw severe weather occur in Europe. Near Austrian-Hungarian border, a tornado associated with a supercell thunderstorm was observed. Looking at the Hungarian radar data at the time, one can indeed see characteristic hook echoes: meteologix.com/hu/radar-hd/v… TT

Here are some sea level pressure observations from 6 UTC on 6th of June 1944 that we have in our databases. meteologix.com/fr/observatio… TT

The powerful geomagnetic storm is still ongoing with strong aurora taking place in Asia. If it is dark, you have clear skies, and are at a dark location, it is worth trying even if you are not in the area highlighted on the map. meteologix.com/jp/aurora/asi… TT

Another bitterly cold night in the continental USA. Today the temperatures should warm to more typical winter temperatures in several locations but another Arctic blast could be in store late this week. weather.us/observations/usa/… TT

One can see the eyewall of Otis quite well in the lightning data. Very intense. meteologix.com/mx/lightning/… TT

Hurricane Otis in the Eastern Pacific has exploded to an extremely dangerous Category 5 level with sustained winds to 270 km/h and has just made landfall in Mexico, having the city of Acapulco in the eyewall. meteologix.com/mx/satellite/… TT

An annular solar eclipse is taking place right now in the Western Hemisphere. The annularity has now reached South America. meteologix.com/br/satellite/… TT

In the West Pacific, typhoon Bolaven has become a super typhoon, with central pressure estimated as low as 900 hPa by the JMA. Fortunately the absolute worst conditions are not expected to affect land areas at this stage. meteologix.com/jp/satellite/… TT