The storm Yoda was widely known as Lille-Berit (Little-Berit) in Scandinavia, as the Norwegian Weather Service did not issue it with an official name.

[7] A low pressure area formed south of the Azores on 21 November, and by the next day, was named Xaver by the Free University of Berlin.

[1] On 23 November, the storm passed north-east of the United Kingdom and to the south of the Faroe Islands with a strong central pressure of 980 millibars.

[3] The UK Met Office issued severe weather warnings for strong winds and heavy rain for the end of November.

Staff members had to move below 610 m (2,000 ft) on Ben Nevis as gale-force winds forced the gondola lifts to close.

[22] In Estonia 100 m3 (3,500 cu ft) of birch timber were swept off the Lithuanian ship MS Alfalina 22 km (14 mi) west of Saaremaa.

[23] Eesti Energia estimated that 6500 customers were without electricity countrywide in the wake of the storm, with even the Christmas tree in Tallinn being toppled by the strong wind.