Daria's sister storm of 1884
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.. seealso:: :doc:`Video version <1884_Darias_sister_video>`

.. figure:: ../../analyses/european_windstorms/Darias_sister_1884/V3vV2c_DS_1884012700.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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Storm :doc:`Daria in 1990 <1990_Daria_storm>` is an architype of a damaging European windstorm, but it might not be the worst we can expect. This storm in 1884 is called "Daria's big sister" as it might be a useful example of an even-more-severe storm, if we can reconstruct it well enough. This storm produced the lowest pressure reading ever recorded over the British Isles and continental Europe. In Ochtertyre, close to the town of Crieff in Scotland, the barometer dropped to 925.6 hPa (Marriott 1884).

Download the data required:

.. literalinclude:: ../../analyses/european_windstorms/Darias_sister_1884/get_data.py

Make the figure:

.. literalinclude:: ../../analyses/european_windstorms/Darias_sister_1884/DS_V3vV2c.py