 Berit intensifying west of the United Kingdom on 24 November 2011 | |
| Type | European windstorm, Extratropical |
|---|---|
| Formed | 22 November 2011[1] |
| Dissipated | 29 November, 2011 |
| Lowest pressure | 944 mb (27.9 inHg) |
| Fatalities | 4 (2 missing) |
| Areas affected | Scotland, Northern Ireland, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and England Finland Estonia, Russia |
Cyclone Berit[2] (also named Cyclone Xaver by the Free University of Berlin) was a very strong European windstorm that formed as a tropical wave near the Lesser Antilles in mid-November 2011. The storm began producing heavy rain and snow over Northern Europe on 24 and 25 November. Scotland saw its first snowfall since March, earlier in the year.[3] The Faroe Islands also reported winds up to 198 km/h (55 m/s; 123 mph)[4][5] and excessive damage. On 25 November, the Norwegian Weather Service named the storm 'Berit'.[6] Another storm, called Yoda, hit Scotland just a day after Xaver. The storm Yoda was widely known as Lille-Berit (Little-Berit) in Scandinavia, as the Norwegian Weather Service did not issue it with an official name.[7]
- ^ "November 22 pressure map". FU-Berlin. Archived from the original on 3 September 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
- ^ "Winter storm 'Berit' barrels toward Sweden". The Local. 25 November 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
- ^ "Snow and large waves as winter storms continue". BBC News. 25 November 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
- ^ "Faroe Islands hit by hurricane". News24. 25 November 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
- ^ "Massive damage as Faroe Islands battered by hurricane force storm". IceNews. 26 November 2011. Archived from the original on 1 November 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
- ^ "Massive damage as Faroe Islands battered by hurricane-force storm". IceNews. 25 November 2011. Archived from the original on 27 November 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
- ^ "Därför blev "Lill-Berit" utan namn". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 28 November 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2012.