Irish Gale of 1843
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.. seealso:: :doc:`Video version <1843_Irish_Gale_video>`

.. figure:: ../../analyses/european_windstorms/Irish_Gale_1843/V3vV2c_IG_1843011312.png
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   :align: center
   :figwidth: 95%

   MSLP Contours for v2c (left) and v3 (right)

   The thin blue lines are mslp contours from each of 56 ensemble members (all members for v2c, the first 56 members for v3). The thicker black lines are contours of the ensemble mean. The yellow dots mark pressure observations assimilated while making the field shown. 

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The 1843 Irish Gale is described in `Stephen Burt's paper on Extreme British Isles depressions <https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/wea.20>`_ and `Symons Magazine in 1892 (page 164) <https://digital.nmla.metoffice.gov.uk/download/file/sdb:digitalFile|62c9b162-7a06-4575-9b85-12989d6ef05a>`_.

Download the data required:

.. literalinclude:: ../../analyses/european_windstorms/Irish_Gale_1843/get_data.py

Make the figure:

.. literalinclude:: ../../analyses/european_windstorms/Irish_Gale_1843/IG_V3vV2c.py