Weather types associated with flood, windstorm and synergic events in the Catalan coast

Abstract

The aim of this work is to analyze the weather types following the Jenkinson and Collison methodology that have produced flood, windstorm and synergic events that have affected the Catalan coast during the period 1981-2015. To do this, the events to be analyzed were first selected from various databases and their distribution and temporal evolution were analyzed. In total, 186 flood events, 37 windstorms and 35 synergic events have been identified. The results point to the predominance of the cyclonic weather type in the three types of events and that the most damaging effects are those produced by synergic events.