20120105 04 Orkantief Andrea

Quick Facts

Type of Event	Orkan
Verification State	QC1
ESWD	Not reported
Location	Alps and north of Alps
Time / Duration	Long-time event
Date	05.-06.01.2012
Magnitude / Dimension	Highest wind gust was measured on Konkordiahütte (VS): 270 km/h at 15.40 UTC (05.01.2012) Mountains: on top of some mountains wind gusts between 170 and 200 km/h could be measured Grand St. Bernhard: 210 km/h_ Kleines Matterhorn: 209 km/h_ Lauberhorn: 187 km/h_ Titlis and Vorab-Talstation and Crap Masegn: 185 km/h_ Chasseral: 178 km/h_ Jungfraujoch: 174 km/h_ etc. Lowlands: Wind gusts between 90 and 130 km/h could be measured In Evionnaz VS (480müM) a wind gust of 159 km/h was measured In Flüelen-Hafen UR (434müM) a wind gust of 146 km/h was measured In Altdorf UR (438müM) and Isleten UR (438müM) a wind gust of 143km/h was measured In Quinten SG (420müM) a wind gust of 140 km/h was measured In Wasserauen AI (868müM) and Zürichberg ZH (556müM) a wind gust of 132 km/h was measured
Damage / Impact	- Reports of blown off roof tiles -
Fatalities	-
Injuries	-
Report Source	Report in a weather forum, data from official weather stations
Remarks	-
Storm name	Andrea - map Lebensgeschichte Pate: Andrea Stefan
General weather situation	WZ - Westlage, in Mitteleuropa überwiegend zyklonal feucht-warm

Messdaten

Übersicht Windspitzen > 90 km/h (Beaufort 10) am 05.01.2012:

© Kai Kobler
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Windspitze von 159km/h aus Nord an der Messstation Evionnaz auf 480müM am 05.01.2012:

Bilder

Dieses seltene Bild wurde am Nachmittag des 5. Januar 2012 am Vierwaldstättersee in Hergiswil mit Blickrichtung Bürgenstock aufgenommen.
Es zeigt eine von Nordwest nach Südost, aus der Horwerbucht ziehende Böenfront, welche das Wasser mehrere Meter hoch aufwirbelt.

© Markus Vogel Luzerner Zeitung