19th June 2006: 00UTC
A surface low marks the location of former tropical storm Alberto. Over Switzerland a ridge of high pressure is found. A cyclonic cloud feature over Poland and Russia is not reflected at the surface isohypses.
19th June 2006: 06UTC
The depression slowly moves northeast towards Scandinavia. The influence of the ridge of high pressure found over the Alps is decreasing.
19th June 2006: 12UTC
Situated in a surface trough the first convection is observed over southern part of Eastern Germany. The surface ridge of high pressure we saw previous over the Alps is moving south.
19th June 2006: 18UTC
Convection has reached its climax. A pronounced trough is now observed over Germany reaching far into the Czech Republic. The axis of the trough is just ahead of the large scale convection.
20th June 2006: 00UTC
Due to lack of insolation the convection has more or less died out. Over the Alps a ridge of high pressure is seen. The trough previously seen over the Czech Republic has also shifted northwards again.
