Comparing Daria (Burns' Day storm) and Lothar

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The sections below show: 1) details for Daria (Burns' Day storm) and statistics; 2) details for Lothar and statistics; 3) gust speed animation for Daria (Burns' Day storm) showing the track and instantaneous 3-second gusts at 3 hour intervals over a 72 hour period; 4) gust speed animation for Lothar showing the track and instantaneous 3-second gusts at 3 hour intervals over a 72 hour period; 5) storm tracks for Daria (Burns' Day storm) showing the maximum in vorticity for each storm, while labels on the maximum relative vorticity path indicate the start of that day; 6) raw footprint for Daria (Burns' Day storm) is described in Storm footprints; 7) raw footprint for Lothar is described in Storm footprints; 8) uncontaminated raw footprint for Daria (Burns' Day storm) only includes gusts local to the storm (as described on Storm footprints); 9) uncontaminated raw footprint for Lothar only includes gusts local to the storm (as described on Storm footprints); 10) observational footprint for Daria (Burns' Day storm) from MIDAS database; 11) observational footprint for Lothar from MIDAS database; 12) recalibrated lower 95% bound for Daria (Burns' Day storm) is described in Recalibration of final storm footprints; 13) recalibrated lower 95% bound for Lothar is described in Recalibration of final storm footprints; 14) recalibrated mean for Daria (Burns' Day storm) is described in Recalibration of final storm footprints; 15) recalibrated mean for Lothar is described in Recalibration of final storm footprints; 16) recalibrated upper 95% bound for Daria (Burns' Day storm) is described in Recalibration of final storm footprints; 17) recalibrated upper 95% bound for Lothar is described in Recalibration of final storm footprints; 18) raw models gusts versus observed gusts for Daria (Burns' Day storm) is described in Comparison of model footprints to station data; 19) raw models gusts versus observed gusts for Lothar is described in Comparison of model footprints to station data; 20) recalibrated models gusts versus observed gusts for Daria (Burns' Day storm) showing the 95% bounds as error bars; 21) recalibrated models gusts versus observed gusts for Lothar showing the 95% bounds as error bars. Where data is available, links are provided under figure.

Aliases: Burns' Day storm
Damage: 8.2bn
Countries affected: Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands and United Kingdom
Storm duration: 21:00 23 January - 12:00 29 January 1990
Maximum 925 hPa wind speed over land from ERA Interim re-analysis (Umax): 37.92ms-1
Date Umax: 25 January 1990
Sft (rank of storm): 48.05e06 (6)
N: 881
Maximum relative vorticity at 850hPa from ERA-Iterim reanalysis (ζmax): 1.19e-04s-1
Date of ζmax: 15:00 25 January 1990
Location of ζmax: (0.5E, 54.4N)
Minimum mean sea level pressure from ERA-Interim reanalysis: 948.6hPa
Date of min MSLP: 21:00 25 January 1990
Location of min MSLP: (2.1E, 57.2N)
Related links: Wikipedia
Damage: 8.0bn
Countries affected: France, Germany and Switzerland
Storm duration: 21:00 23 December - 0:00 28 December 1999
Maximum 925 hPa wind speed over land from ERA Interim re-analysis (Umax): 36.72ms-1
Date Umax: 26 December 1999
Sft (rank of storm): 18.82e06 (30)
N: 380
Maximum relative vorticity at 850hPa from ERA-Iterim reanalysis (ζmax): 6.43e-05s-1
Date of ζmax: 3:00 26 December 1999
Location of ζmax: (4.3W, 48.9N)
Minimum mean sea level pressure from ERA-Interim reanalysis: 973.2hPa
Date of min MSLP: 9:00 26 December 1999
Location of min MSLP: (5.1E, 49.7N)
Related links: Wikipedia and BBC
Image of Gust speed animation for Daria (Burns' Day storm)
Image of Gust speed animation for Lothar

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Image of Observational footprint for Daria (Burns' Day storm)
Image of Observational footprint for Lothar
Image of Raw models gusts versus observed gusts for Daria (Burns' Day storm)
Image of Raw models gusts versus observed gusts for Lothar
Image of Recalibrated models gusts versus observed gusts for Daria (Burns' Day storm)
Image of Recalibrated models gusts versus observed gusts for Lothar


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