Status:Ongoing analysis Material from: Linus / Tim
Discussed in the following Daily reports: 30
http://intra.ecmwf.int/daily/d/dreport/2015/11/201526/sc/
http://intra.ecmwf.int/daily/d/dreport/2015/11/30/sc/The storm system was also named "Nils II" by the Free University of Berlin, and "Clodagh" by Met Eirrean. Some damage and power outages also affected the UK and Ireland.
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1. Impact
A small but vicious frontal wave cyclone sped east across Scotland the N Sea on 29 November, and delivered extreme gusts to parts of Denmark and SW Sweden, with amber warnings in force in the affected areas, and red warnings in Germany. The storm system was also named "Nils II" by the Free University of Berlin, and "Clodagh" by Met Eirrean. Some damage and power outages also affected the UK and Ireland.
2. Description of the event
Infra-red imagery (above) and indeed several other aspects showed all the hallmarks of a sting jet, and it looks very probable that this was the cause of the narrow swathe of extreme gusts in the worst affected areas mentioned above. Indeed this and the general cyclone evolution seem to fit the conceptual picture and descriptions developed in this recent paper very well: http://www.tellusa.net/index.php/tellusa/article/view/27128
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An animation of the interpolated wind gusts can be found here: http://www.smhi.se/klimatdata/meteorologi/vind/2.3355
Maximum wind gusts:
3. Predictability
3.1 Data assimilation
3.2 HRES
O-suite:
Gallery includeLabel hres_wg sort comment title HRES 24-hour maximum wind gusts
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Gallery includeLabel hres_wg_69 sort comment title HRES E-suite 24-hour maximum wind gusts
3.3 ENS
EFI and SOT for wind gusts Sunday 29 November:
3.4 Monthly forecasts
3.5 Comparison with other centres
4. Experience from general performance/other cases