Hurricane Andrea
| Andrea 2012, with Bibiana, Celine | |
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| storm | Hurricane (low series with snowfall ) |
| Data | |
| education | December 30, 2011 |
| Storm event | 3rd-6th January 2012 |
| Snowfall | January 9, 2012 |
| Top gust | 210 km / h ( Gr.St.Bernhard CH (2469 m), 5.1. ) |
| Amount of snowfall | 216 cm / 4 d ( Hochfilzen AT, 5th-9th ) |
| consequences | |
| affected areas | Western Europe , Central Europe / Tyrolean Alps |
Map with all linked sites: The hurricane Andrea moved on 3–6. January 2012 over Western and Central Europe. It had no serious consequences, but was the strongest Western Orcan of the 2011/2012 winter season. Together with the two subsequent lows Bibiana and Celine , it brought enormous amounts of snow locally.
meteorology
The low Andrea formed as an Iceland low on December 30, 2011, crossed southern Scandinavia on a typical train track , and disintegrated on January 8 in the Novaya Zemlya area . The associated low front crossed the region from northwest to southeast, the wind was blowing mainly from the northwest.
In the area of the hurricane low there were sudden drops in temperature , which, however, were moderate at around five degrees Celsius. In many regions the hurricane was accompanied by thunderstorms and heavy rains, some of which fell as snow and led to large snow drifts . In some regions, heavy rainfall led to floods. There were significantly increased flood levels on the North and Baltic Seas . In the mountains, from the Alps to the low mountain range, gale force gusts with top speeds of over 170 and top gusts of over 200 kilometers per hour were measured. At the weather station at the Konkordiahütte even a gust of 270 km / h was registered.
Andrea moved two more deep cores: Bibiana on the same track, weather-effective around the 7th, and Celine moving to Central Europe on the 8th / 9th. January. In the Tyrolean Alps in particular, there was enormous snow mass.
Damage
Overall, the hurricane turned out to be less than announced in the storm warnings. The German weather service gave the all-clear for most regions of Germany on January 5th. Towards evening the wind had dropped significantly almost everywhere.
Serious damage was also reported from Great Britain , Belgium and France in particular . There was one fatality in Germany .
In the Arlberg and Paznaun area around Galtür , when the holiday shift changed on the weekend of 7/8 January, including numerous ski vacationers due to the risk of avalanches.
See also
literature
- OMSZ : Viharciklonok Európa felett, 2012. január 3-6. January 6, 2012. Analysis bulletin of the Hungarian Meteorological Service (Hungarian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Storm depression "Andrea": The storm is followed by big snow . SF Meteo News, January 6, 2012, 12:11 pm
- ↑ a b Heavy snow buries western Austria, central Alps . Washington Post. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
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↑ a b Maps 2012 January 1 - 9 in the archive of AVN- Europaanalysen, in wetterzentrale.de, Topkarten (archive from September 7, 1999, as of 2/2012);
Forecast 20120103 to forecast 20120109 , DWD weather maps, website of the Free University of Berlin; Weather map December 30th 6:00 pm ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ff, ZAMG, every 6 hours - ^ Article in the magazine 20 Minuten online from January 5, 2012
- ↑ cf. Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie (ZAMG): January 2012 - A month of great differences ( memento of the original from February 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ A lot of fresh snow has fallen again - spreads great danger of avalanches! , Avalanche Warning Service Tyrol, Saturday, January 7, 2012
- ↑ a b Hurricane "Andrea": Risk of storms until the early morning , Wetter.t-online, January 5, 2012, 8:12 pm
- ↑ Storm hurricane "Andrea" claims a fatality. Der Tagesspiegel, January 5, 2012.
- ^ Blizzard freezes travel in Austria . aljazeera. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
