Articles | Volume 26, issue 23
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-6163-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-6163-2022
Research article
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09 Dec 2022
Research article |  | 09 Dec 2022

Atmospheric conditions favouring extreme precipitation and flash floods in temperate regions of Europe

Judith Meyer, Malte Neuper, Luca Mathias, Erwin Zehe, and Laurent Pfister

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We identified and analysed the major atmospheric components of rain-intense thunderstorms that can eventually lead to flash floods: high atmospheric moisture, sufficient latent instability, and weak thunderstorm cell motion. Between 1981 and 2020, atmospheric conditions became likelier to support strong thunderstorms. However, the occurrence of extreme rainfall events as well as their rainfall intensity remained mostly unchanged.