Talk:Braer Storm

Naming of the storm
Was the storm named after the oil tanker? If so, is there a reference?--ML5 (talk) 13:17, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I would assume so, but i dont know that there's a source for it.Jason Rees (talk) 04:20, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Got one through the mail this morning.Jason Rees (talk) 16:00, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

Braer?
What does the word/name signify?--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 02:24, 10 January 2018 (UTC)

Proposed move
Is there some reason "of January 1993" is necessary? I propose that this article be moved to just Braer Storm since it's not like there are other storms with the same name. Courtesy ping:. — howcheng  {chat} 17:06, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
 * As there was no objection, I have moved the article. — howcheng  {chat} 17:18, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

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Winds
OK, so we have the wind gusts, but what were the actual wind speeds? 🌀 ☾⊙ ☈⊙ ♫ꍏ  🌀22:36, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

About the recent Antarctic storm
As you may have seen, a weather station recorded an 897-mbar pressure on Thurston Island, Antarctica. While yes, this is lower that the Brear Storm, there are two caveats.


 * 1) It is still unofficial. As far as I know, no metrological agency has confirmed it has the lowest pressure on record. We will have to wait on it and see.
 * 2) It was not recorded at sea level. The station is at an altitude of 225 m above sea level. Sea level pressure would be at 924 mbar. While extremely deep, not record breaking (there is a possibility that a sub-914 mbar was recorded out to sea, this is unconfirmed).

So for now, don't change the Braer Storm to the second most intense extratropical cyclone on record. RandomInfinity17 (talk) 22:01, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

1. Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (Argentina) estimated 905hPa https://web.archive.org/web/20221017115552/https://www.smn.gob.ar/pronostico-antartico/maritimo 2 PARTE SINOPSIS GENERAL A LAS: 09:00UTC DEPRESION 905HPA 70S 90W MOV S WKN EXP 73S 90W EL 18/0600

2. Lowest measured station pressure was 888.0hPa which converts to 914.2hPa https://web.archive.org/web/20221018181915/https://amrc.ssec.wisc.edu/data/view-data.php?action=view_text_file&product=surface/awstext/8930.txt Tc06cimaron (talk) 00:19, 4 January 2023 (UTC)