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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">EGUsphere</journal-id>
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<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/egusphere-2026-4247</article-id>
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<article-title>Future scenarios of thunderstorm environments in Fennoscandia based on a regional climate model</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Virman</surname>
<given-names>Meri</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5041-8200</ext-link>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Laurila</surname>
<given-names>Terhi K.</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0903-7331</ext-link>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Mäkelä</surname>
<given-names>Antti</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Lind</surname>
<given-names>Petter</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2691-2361</ext-link>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Luomaranta</surname>
<given-names>Anna</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Gregow</surname>
<given-names>Hilppa</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland</addr-line>
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<label>2</label>
<addr-line>Rossby Centre, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>22</day>
<month>07</month>
<year>2026</year>
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<volume>2026</volume>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>33</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2026 Meri Virman et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
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<p>This study investigates how increasing greenhouse gas concentrations may affect environmental conditions favourable for thunderstorms over Fennoscandia. The future scenarios are based on data produced with the HARMONIE-Climate convection-permitting regional climate model forced by two global climate models at the lateral boundaries. The distribution of thunderstorm-favourable days, defined as days with co-occurring conditional instability and precipitation, in model data compares well with observed thunder days in May&amp;ndash;September 2002&amp;ndash;2018 across the study domain. By 2081&amp;ndash;2100, the area-average frequency of favourable days is projected to increase by approximately 40&amp;ndash;185 % in Finland, 30&amp;ndash;185 % in Sweden, and 15&amp;ndash;210 % in Norway relative to 1986&amp;ndash;2005 under the RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 emission scenarios. Projected increases are largest over the northern Fennoscandia and in simulations exhibiting stronger warming. Thunderstorm-favourable conditions occurring simultaneously with strong vertical wind shear are also simulated to become more common, suggesting more frequent potential for severe organized convection in a future climate. More research is needed to understand how the changes in general storm-favourable environmental conditions may affect actual hazard occurrence. The results support the use of the HARMONIE-Climate model for convective storm scenario studies and offer valuable context for climate change adaptation in Fennoscandia.</p>
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