[Crimson Dynamo]

Europe needs to prepare for temperatures of 50C in future

Syracuse, in Sicily, has provisionally exceeded the previous European highest
temperature with a record of 48.8°C yesterday. If the record is confirmed by
the World Meteorological Organization, this temperature will break the
previous record of 48.0°C in Athens in 1977.

It will also raise concerns that even higher temperatures are potential in
future, possibly even exceeding 50.0C.

Professor Peter Stott is the Met Office’s lead on climate attribution. He has
studied European heatwaves for nearly two decades, including the notable
ones in 2003 and 2019.

He said: “Climate change is making heat-related extremes of weather more
intense and when we think about those record-breaking temperature the
chance of breaking temperature records – or coming close to breaking
records – is greatly increased.

https://blog.metoffice.gov.uk/2021/0...50c-in-future/