Klaus - an exceptional winter storm over northern Iberia and southern France

Liberato, M. L. R., Pinto, J. G., Trigo, I. F. and Trigo, R. M. (2011) Klaus - an exceptional winter storm over northern Iberia and southern France. Weather, 66 (12). pp. 330-334. ISSN 1477-8696 doi: 10.1002/wea.755

Abstract/Summary

The synoptic evolution and impacts of storm ‘Klaus’ that affected Europe on 23–24 January 2009 are assessed. Klaus was the costliest weather hazard event worldwide during 2009. Peak wind gusts reached 55ms-1 (107kn), accompanied by heavy rain, snow and flooding across Northern Iberia and southern France. Klaus underwent explosive development between the Azores and the Iberian Peninsula at an unusually low latitude. This development was supported by an extended and intense polar jet across the North Atlantic Basin, strong upper-air divergence associated with a second jet streak and an extraordinary export of tropical moisture into the genesis region. Copyright © 2011 Royal Meteorological Society

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/32765
Identification Number/DOI	10.1002/wea.755
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	No Reading authors. Back catalogue items Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > Department of Meteorology
Publisher	Wiley
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