Update: Is Hurricane Gert going to affect the weather in Europe?

As predicted in our last post, severe thunderstorms developed several thousand kilometers downstream of Hurricane Gert over central Europe. Heavy rain, hail and storm force winds affected in particular Switzerland, Austria and southern Germany. In Bavaria, at least 20 people were injured, the regional public transport around Munich was shut down, and several highways had to be closed. In Austria, two people died when a pavilion collapsed due to strong winds. At least 50 people were injured.

Table 1: Maximum wind gusts at selected weather stations in Austria, Germany and Switzerland on 18 August 2017.