Features of the Northeast Situation

This happened during January 12-15, 1987, when the Baltic Sea area suffered from the heaviest winter disaster after World War IL Although at the beginning—with heavy northeast storm—one of the strongest storm surges arose (e.g., at Wismar 173 cm above NN), at the 

FIGURE 4.13 Heavy storm surge on November 3/4, 1995 in Wamemunde. Color figure on CD, Chapter 20.4. 

Friday,August 19,2005 00 UTC ECMWF Forecast t+072 VT 22,August Monday. 2005 00 UTC 500 hPa Height 

Strong storm surges develop also at the south coast of the Baltic Sea, if intense lows pass along the coast to the east. Then the wind turns from northwest to northeast—thus remaining permanently onshore—and the flood water damages the beach dunes severely (Fig. 4.15). 

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