Cyclone Zeus

Cyclone Zeus
Meteo 8 vapor image of Zeus storm France 6 March 2017
Meteorological history
FormedMarch 6, 2017
DissipatedMarch 6, 2017
European windstorm, Extratropical cyclone, Winter storm
Highest gusts193 km/h (120 mph) Camaret-sur-Mer
Lowest pressure996 mb (29.4 inHg) (or 991.3 hPa Ouessant )
Overall effects
Fatalities2
Areas affectedFrance, 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. The storm was the costliest storm of the 2016/17 winter across Europe.

Impact

France

In France 2 had been killed and 220,000 homes had been left without power as a result of Cyclone Zeus.

Switzerland

Italy

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "20170307Trajectoire". MeteoFrance. Archived from the original on 3 February 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Pression mer horaire Ouessant 6/3/17". MeteoFrance. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Two killed and 220,000 homes without power as storm Zeus lashes France". 7 March 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  5. ↑ France, Meteo (7 March 2017). "Bilan : tempête Zeus du 6 mars". www.meteofrance.fr (in French). Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  6. ↑ 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.