Strong surface winds in Storm <i>Eunice</i>. Part 1: storm overview and indications of sting jet activity from observations and model data
Ambrogio Volonté, Suzanne L. Gray, Peter Clark, Oscar Martínez‐Alvarado, Duncan Ackerley
Abstract
Storm Eunice caused severe wind impacts on the United Kingdom on 18 February 2022. This article contains the first of a two-part study and shows how Eunice's cyclone structure was well-forecast days in advance, but small-scale uncertainty persisted on peak-wind location and strength. Several indications of sting-jet activity in observations and model data are presented, including banding at the cloud-head tip visible from satellite imagery (see figure, copyright ©EUMETSAT). The detailed analysis of Eunice's airstream structure is left to the second part of this study.
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National weather serviceStormMeteorologyClimatologyCyclone (programming language)Wind speedEnvironmental scienceGeographyHistoryGeologyEngineeringEmbedded systemField-programmable gate arrayMeteorological Phenomena and SimulationsAtmospheric aerosols and cloudsWind and Air Flow Studies