Three extreme storms over Europe in December 1999

Fig. 1 HXWF seu-level pressure analyses for (a) Anatol, (b) Lothar, and (c) Martin ar rhe time of rhe niost violent gusts. Contours are every 5mbar. The small (large) black dots denote locutions where the maximum gales zuithin the storm period exceeded 63 k n (80 kn). The 6-hourly storm positions are also indicated. (d) German Weather Service (DWD) operutional manual surfuce analysis. The locaiion of surjuce fronts is tuken from the DWD analysis.

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