The full ECSS programme has been published and last preparations are being accomplished for a fruitful 10th edition of the European Conference on Severe Storms in Kraków, Poland, from 4 to 8 November 2019.

ECSS2019 webpage with travel information, online programme and PDF programme overview

See you soon in the very centre of Kraków!

For the ESWD work it is a common question: How can you best estimate and rate the hail size based on photo evidence. The most typical type of hail image is a photo of a person holding a hail stone in the hand.

Therefore the ESWD team around Thilo Kühne compiled a new hail size comparison table. It allows to estimate the hail size in centimeters based on different comparable objects.

ESWD reporting criteria page with new hail size table

On 3 June the ESSL Testbed 2019 started with a diverse group of participants from Slovakia, Poland, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Czechia.

The testbed data interface was improved by an enhanced roaming sounding tool and by additional and redesigned model maps. Daily updates are provided on the ESSL Testbed Blog.

Participants of the Seminar Dynamics and Prediction of Severe Convection (FSC II) by Prof. Yvette Richardson from Penn State University, finished testimonials with the best mean grade (90.2 %) so far since ESSL started its European Testimonials in 2017.

Congratulations to all forecasters! We are proud of you and believe that severe storm warnings in your countries will be in good hands.

The Second Announcement and Call for Papers for the 10th European Conference on Severe Storms (ECSS2019) has been published.

Details on registration and abstract submission can be found on our ECSS webpage: http://ecss.eu

Please note the abstract submission deadline: 24 April 2019

Our local organizing partner IMGW and the European Severe Storms Laboratory are looking forward to Kraków! The ECSS is supported by MunichRe, EUMETSAT and the European Meteorological Society EMS.

For the 10th European Conference on Severe Storms to be held from 4 to 8 November 2019 in Kraków, Poland, we have good news for you:

Registration and abstract submission tools for the ECSS2019 are now open.

Please find more information on our ECSS pages here.

The ESSL awarded Dr. Robert Davies-Jones with the Nikolai Dotzek Award for his lifetime achievement. Bob Davies-Jones is the first European to receive this prestigious award, to be presented at the upcoming ECSS in Kraków, Poland, where also the regular 2019 Nikolai Dotzek Award will be given.

Bob Davies-Jones is one of the founders of the modern theoretical description of supercell thunderstorms. Although he is perhaps best known for his contributions on supercell and tornado dynamics, he also has advanced the field of large-scale dynamics and made numerous contributions on basic fluid physics (often centered on one of the most important quantities to analyze tornadoes: vorticity).

Read more here (PDF)