 Meteo 8 vapor image of Zeus storm France 6 March 2017 | |
| Type | European windstorm, Extratropical cyclone, Winter storm |
|---|---|
| Formed | March 6, 2017 |
| Dissipated | March 6, 2017 |
| Highest gust | 193 km/h (120 mph) Camaret-sur-Mer |
| Lowest pressure | 996 mb (29.4 inHg) [1] [2] (or 991.3 hPa Ouessant [3]) |
| Fatalities | 2 [4] |
| Areas affected | France, Switzerland, Italy. |
Cyclone Zeus was an extratropical cyclone and European windstorm which affected France on 6–7 March 2017. The storm developed rapidly and moved quickly across France on a north-west/south-east trajectory from Finistère in Brittany to the Alpes-Maritimes then Corsica. The storm's rapid strengthening resulted in much stronger winds than initially expected, with a maximum gust of 193 kilometres per hour (120 mph) recorded in Camaret-sur-Mer, Finistère.
Météo-France reported 7% of French territory experienced winds in excess of 120 kilometres per hour (75 mph), Météo-France described it as the tenth most severe storm to impact France between 1980 and 2017. [5] The storm was the costliest storm of the 2016/17 winter across Europe. [6]
Impact
France
In France 2 had been killed and 220,000 homes had been left without power as a result of Cyclone Zeus. [4]
Switzerland
Italy
References
- ^ "Tempete Zeus: la plus violente depuis le début des années 2000 - Actualité météo". www.meteo.bzh (in French). MétéoBretagne. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ "20170307Trajectoire". MeteoFrance. Archived from the original on 3 February 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ "Pression mer horaire Ouessant 6/3/17". MeteoFrance. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Two killed and 220,000 homes without power as storm Zeus lashes France". 7 March 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ France, Meteo (7 March 2017). "Bilan : tempête Zeus du 6 mars". www.meteofrance.fr (in French). Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ^ Magnusson, Linus; Hewson, Timothy. "201703 - Windstorm - Zeus - Forecast User - ECMWF Confluence Wiki". software.ecmwf.int. Archived from the original on 3 February 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
External links
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Media related to
Zeus (storm) at Wikimedia Commons - Valeurs de vent relevées le 6 mars 2017 (tempête Zeus) (In French)
- Sting Jets and other processes leading to high wind gusts: wind-storms "Zeus" and "Joachim" compared. Archived 2019-09-02 at the Wayback Machine
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