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| Formed | February 27, 2008 | |
| Dissipated | March 2, 2008 | |
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| Lowest pressure | 979 hPa (mbar) | |
| Fatalities | ||
| Damage | Unknown | |
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Eliane was a severe European windstorm which struck Scotland on January 8, 2008 with winds of up to 90 mph. The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is a classification used for most Western Hemisphere Tropical cyclones that exceed the intensities of Tropical depressions Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1127 - Assassination of Charles the Good 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The bar (symbol bar) decibar (symbol dbar) and the millibar (symbol mbar, also mb are units of Pressure. A European windstorm is a severe cyclonic storm that tracks across the North Atlantic towards northwestern Europe in the winter months Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
List of European weather systems from the Free University of Berlin
European windstorm names are names assigned to European extratropical cyclones (and also Anticyclones by the Meteorology Institute at the Free University of Berlin