A powerful storm system named Storm Aapeli swept across Scandinavia on the night of January 1 into 2 breaking wind and wave height records in Finland and surrounding seas.
Record winds were recorded in #Finland on the night of January 1-2 when Storm Aapeli travelled across the Nordic countries. See our IR movie from Meteosat 11. pic.twitter.com/yFcyB89qQH
— EUMETSAT Users (@eumetsat_users) January 2, 2019
A 10 minute sustained wind of 72 mph and 93 mph both set a new wind speed record for the western portion of the Northern Baltic.
The highest, red level wind warning in effect for Ă…land. If I recall correctly, this is the first time in winter time since storm Tapani (2011)https://t.co/kolqFPO6uZ pic.twitter.com/idyagDggQd
— Mika Rantanen (@mikarantane) January 1, 2019
After the storm… #aapeli #aapelimyrsky #storm #vasa #vaasa #finland pic.twitter.com/fI9jWLrnIa
— Karl Wilhelm Nyman (@karl_w_nyman) January 4, 2019
These fierce winds generated ‘average’ wave heights in the southern portion of the Bothnian Sea to 26ft and a peak height of 46ft. Both new records.
Storm Aapeli aided the drop in electricity prices thanks to whirling turbines and a fresh southward push of polar air which saw Lapland hit a new winter low of -32.2C last night.
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