Good luck to him, the Byron area most definitely in the firing line..

Latest model updates have the TC stalling just offshore and not crossing until Saturday, which is a worry. Possibly over 1000mm of rain from Brisbane south and over the NSW border due to slow moving rain bands. Possible intensification also.

It would be better if Alfred just crossed land quickly and down graded rapidly!

Each run brings a slight variation though.

Stormy in Spain and the Canaries - and they've got snow albeit quite high up!
https://news.sky.com/story/flash-floods-in-gran-canaria-sweep-cars-into-sea-13321931 
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14458745/Now-Canary-Islands-hit-SNOW-raging-floods-swept-holiday-hotspots-video-shows-woman-rescued-moments-car-washed-away.html 

When we were on holiday in Lanzarote in 2002, we were told that snowfall on Tenerife itself was sufficiently rare that the local school had arranged an inter-island excursion so the kids could experience snow. In a few years' time, Sussex schools will be organising trips to the Pennines or further north for the same reason.

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https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/sector_band.php?sat=G16§or=taw&band=GEOCOLOR&length=24 
Oddly tropical looking storm out there atm 🤔

https://x.com/BackpirchCrew/status/1897471684191342619 

Floods in Bahia Blanca, Argentina
400mm rain in one day being about 1/3 annual rainfall
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg1vd7xywpo 

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Cyprus have a very wild mid west USA style temperatures this Spring after seeing -3.7C just 3 weeks ago to 33.1C yesterday near the hottest March record of 33.4C, i remember seeing 34C back in 1993 so don't know what happened to this record but one of the weather station in SW area hit 34.2C.The latest ensembles show a massive drop from 20C  to -4C so that likey around 13C maxes inland,  I cannot imagine lot of people using full on heating during the coldest night to AC whirring for few hours back to heating, plus winter clothing.

Great historical account here of the 'Tri-State tornado' that resulted in the tragic loss of hundreds of lives on this day 100 years ago. Considered one of the worst tornados in US recorded history. 

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Frozen trees snap in Ontario ice storm. This was at the weekend
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cly1nkdplkeo 

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potential for tornadoes across the US mid west and down to texas this week, and a cold plunge from canada meets very warm air 

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Many Greek Islands were hit with severe flash flooding last week, caused by torrential downpours.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/04/greece-aegean-islands-flash-floods-mud-rainfall-easter-tourists 

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Spotted this [paywalled] article in New Scientist - and went on the link below with some extraordinary photos.
"Unsustainable irrigation and drought have emptied nearly all of the Aral Sea’s water since the 1960s, causing changes extending all the way down to Earth’s upper mantle, the layer beneath the planet’s crust. This is probably the deepest recorded example of human activity changing the solid inner Earth...
The Aral Sea in central Asia was once one of the world’s largest bodies of water, covering almost 70,000 square kilometres. But Soviet irrigation programmes starting in the 1960s, as well as later droughts, emptied the sea. By 2018, it had shrunk by almost 90 per cent and lost around 1000 cubic kilometres of water."
Earth's upper mantle is revealing the deepest effect of human activity
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2475234-earths-upper-mantle-is-revealing-the-deepest-effect-of-human-activity/ 
https://kristinavaraksina.com/539-2/ 

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https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81409022?source=35 
The Sea Tomorrow  was a title that caught my atterntion  a few years back. Sticks with you.

Kristina Varaksina has the rare ability to capture someones soul in an image. Her other work is worth a viewing.
I only ever did that once for one single photo in Palawan. My co workers called the image a National Geographic picture.
The negatives were either lost or eaten by humidity and the print no more. Unless the subject still has a picture.

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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/12/flights-cancelled-millions-told-to-stay-indoors-as-strong-winds-lash-china 
 
Spectacular avalanche footage

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Severe floods hit Lanzarote after torrential rain
The Canaries are particularly vulnerable to floods when hit with intense rain, as their dry climate and volcanic rock mean the ground does not absorb large volumes of water well.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpdz15q2931o 

Weather warnings in force for much of Spain until Tuesday

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After all the snow melted in the French Alps in the recent mild weather, and the ski industry was feeling gloomy, they're now feeling gloomy because they have too much - 40+cm falling in a matter of hours. Avalanche warnings everywhere in Savoie, roads blocked, and the inhabitants of Tignes told to stay inside because of avalanche danger.

https://www.thelocal.fr/20250417/french-alps-hit-by-heavy-snowfall-leaving-roads-and-ski-resorts-blocked 

EDIT: this site reports 1.5m in Tignes
https://www.inthesnow.com/amazing-snowfall-sets-up-alps-for-end-of-season-powder-paradise/ 

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