On Tuesday, 9 December 2014 19:33:17 UTC, Norman wrote:
Norman wrote:

Graham P Davis wrote:

On Tue, 9 Dec 2014 18:09:20 -0000
"Togless" wrote:

"Malcolm" wrote (quoting the Daily Express, I think):

"The deepest and most powerful low pressure system for A CENTURY
is currently hurtling towards the west coast where mammoth 50-ft
waves threaten mayhem."

Are they claiming that it's already the deepest and most powerful
low pressure system for a century (which should be easy enough to
verify or refute), or just that they expect it to be?


I knew I was getting old but seem to be getting forgetful too. If
that piddling little depression is the deepest for a century and I
remember lots deeper than this, where'd my telegram from the queen go?

There was one that I can remember 20 or 30 years ago that got below 920 mb SW
of Iceland. I think that one holds the record.

Stephen Burt has done some research in this field that was published in
'Weather'


It was January 1993 to SE of Iceland. See the following

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1...854.x/abstract

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
http://peakdistrictweather.org

Interesting match of phases:
............. Dec 16 19:13 ............
............. Dec 24 00:43 ............
Nov 14 15:16 Jan 1 03:38 ............ Thundery
Nov 22 12:32 Jan 8 12:37 ............ Volcanic
Nov 29 10:06 Jan 15 04:01 ............ Volcanic
............. Jan 22 18:27 ............
............. Jan 30 23:20 ............
............. Feb 6 23:55 ............