The summit of the highest mountain in Africa reaches 5895 meters altitude and is tough to reach and even tougher to overpass. However, in December 2021, 15 hot air balloon teams made the first balloon crossing since 2011. Stefan Zeberli, a Swiss professional balloon pilot, leader of the ballon world ranking and user of meteoblue services, recounts the experience.
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18-27
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Overnight into Tuesday a few clouds are expected, and some more clouds roll across during the day. Overall a fair bit of clouds but partly sunny. Temperatures as high as 69 °F are foreseen. Overnight into Tuesday a gentle breeze is expected (8 to 12 mph). At daytime blows a fresh breeze (18 to 25 mph). From time to time gusts could reach up to 27 mph. Winds blowing overnight from South and by day from Southwest. The weather forecast for Clifton for Tuesday is expected to be very accurate.
Pressure: 1017 hPa
Timezone: BST (UTC +01:00h)
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The real-time satellite image combines visible light during daytime with infrared radiation during nighttime. At night, the image is not dark as infrared radiation can detect temperature differences. Unfortunately, low clouds and fog are difficult to distinguish from ground temperatures and thus can be almost invisible during the night. Meteosat satellite images for Europe are updated in real-time every 5 minutes. GOES-16/GOES-17 (North & South America) and Himawari (Asia) images update every 10 minutes.
Precipitation is estimated from radar and satellites. At night precipitation estimates from satellites are less accurate than during daytime. Orange crosses mark places where lightning was detected (over Europe).
Copyright 2022 EUMETSAT / meteoblue. Lightning data provided by nowcast.
The location marker is placed on Clifton. This animation shows the precipitation radar for the last 1 hour. Drizzle or light snow fall might be invisible for the radar. Precipitation intensity is colour coded, ranging from light blue to orange.
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The summit of the highest mountain in Africa reaches 5895 meters altitude and is tough to reach and even tougher to overpass. However, in December 2021, 15 hot air balloon teams made the first balloon crossing since 2011. Stefan Zeberli, a Swiss professional balloon pilot, leader of the ballon world ranking and user of meteoblue services, recounts the experience.
