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Sea heaps up and white foam from breaking waves begins to be blown in streaks along the direction of the wind; spindrift begins to be seen Whole trees in motion; inconvenience felt when walking against the wind 8 Gale, fresh gale 34–40 knots 39–46 mph 62–74 km/h 17.2–20.7 m/s 18–25 ft 5.5–7.5 m
The fastest wind speed not related to tornadoes ever recorded was during the passage of Tropical Cyclone Olivia on 10 April 1996: an automatic weather station on Barrow Island, Australia, registered a maximum wind gust of 113.3 m/s (408 km/h; 253 mph; 220.2 kn; 372 ft/s) [6] [7] The wind gust was evaluated by the WMO Evaluation Panel, who found ...
Since the 2024–25 cyclone season, a subtropical system will be classified as a subtropical storm if it reaches wind speeds of 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph). [26] If the named tropical system intensifies further and reaches winds speeds of 48 knots (89 km/h; 55 mph), then it will be classified as a severe tropical storm.
An atmospheric set-up occurred that allowed the towns of Pasadena and Altadena in the San Gabriel Valley to get whipped by sustained winds at 97 mph (156 km/h), and gusts up to 167 mph (269 km/h). [ 23 ] [ 24 ] Mammoth Mountain experienced a near-record wind gust of 175 mph (282 km/h), on December 1, 2011.
August is the calmest month of the year in the city, with average hourly wind speed of 8.1 mph. Temperatures usually top out in the high 70s with little rain. And with this being the Olympics ...
Tacoma and Olympia are predicted to have southerly winds between 30 to 40 miles per hour, but it is still too early to predict when these winds will peak, DeFlitch said.
Comparing the two images above shows a high degree of correlation between wind speed and wave height. The strongest winds (33.6 mph; 54.1 km/h) and highest waves are found in the Southern Ocean. The weakest winds — shown as areas of magenta and dark blue — are generally found in the tropical oceans.
The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory for parts of the area starting early Monday morning. The NWS warned of winds of between 20-35 mph, with some gusts reaching up to 40-50 mph.