The following example impressively demonstrates the capabilities of the barograph ‘Meteograf’, showing how it recorded the storms that swept over central Europe during the Christmas holiday of 1999.
- In Switzerland, the deep depression "Kurt" generated storm-strength winds on Saturday December 25th, causing some limited, localized damage
- This was followed on Sunday December 26th by the hurricane "Lothar". Wind speeds of over 200 km/h were recorded. Unprecedented devastation was caused all over Switzerland, with thousands of buildings, boats, etc. being wrecked and an estimated million trees being uprooted.
- Further damage was left by the depression "Martin", which passed over Switzerland on Tuesday December 28th.
The barograph, ‘Meteograf’s storm warning function gave, in each of the three cases above, a warning several hours before the storm hit.
The ‘Meteograph‘ is also available with a PC-Interface. the barometric pressure data recorded over the last ten days is stored. Her an example of the recordeing of the last 5 days:
