Downslope windstorm in High Tatras, 19 November 2004
Downslope windstorm in High Tatras, 19 November 2004 Downslope windstorm in High Tatras, 19 November 2004
Synoptic analysisSatellite infrared channel, MSLP (hPa) and fronts
Local observations• Gusty character of wind, hourly average windspeeds almost 20 m/s, gusts over 50 m/s09 12 15 18 CETWind directionRemarkable pressureoscillations: high turbulenceAverage wind speed40 m/sWind gusts20 m/s00900 hPa12 00 CETStation Stará Lesná, Slovak Academy of SciencesAnemogram+barogram890 hPa
- Page 1 and 2: Downslope windstorm in High Tatras1
- Page 3: Impact of the 19 November windstorm
- Page 7 and 8: Success of the operational forecast
- Page 9 and 10: 2.5 km hydrostatic run with physics
- Page 11 and 12: 2,5 km non- hydrostatic run• Time
- Page 13 and 14: Sensitivity testsMax. gust 40 m/s33
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- Page 17 and 18: Conclusions: points of view• NWP
Local observations• Gusty character of w<strong>in</strong>d, hourly average w<strong>in</strong>dspeeds almost 20 m/s, gusts over 50 m/s09 12 15 18 CETW<strong>in</strong>d directionRemarkable pressureoscillations: high turbulenceAverage w<strong>in</strong>d speed40 m/sW<strong>in</strong>d gusts20 m/s00900 hPa12 00 CETStation Stará Lesná, Slovak Academy of SciencesAnemogram+barogram890 hPa