Meteorology and Climatology of the Mediterranean and Black Seas: Introduction -- An Extreme Hailstorm on 27 July 2017 in Istanbul, Turkey: Synoptic Scale Circulation and Thermodynamic Evaluation -- Hydraulic and Wave Aspects of Novorossiysk Bora -- Waterspout Forecasting Method Over the Eastern Adriatic Using a High-Resolution Numerical Weather Model -- Study of the Western Black Sea Storms wit…