When cold air blows over warm the Med it causes hotter air to rise quickly and form dense, water-laden clouds that can remain over the same area for many hours, raising their destructive potential.
Follow theCatastrophic flash floods that have killed almost 100 people in Spain were fuelled by a destructive weather system which sees cold and warm air clash and produce powerful rain clouds, according to scientists.
Warm, humid air masses and cold fronts meet in a region where mountains favour the formation of storm clouds and rainfall. Its origin dates back to 1886 when German scientists introduced the idea of 'kaltlufttropfen', or cold air drop, to describe high altitude disturbance but without apparent reflection on the surface.
Scientists are usually cautious of linking individual weather events with climate change, but many have said that a combination of factors linked to it likely caused the dramatic weather event. 'But last week the UN warned that we are on track to experience up to 3.1°C of warming by the end of the century.'
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