260 km/h is the wind speed of a strong category 5 hurricane, not a gale.
A gale has various definitions but none reaching even category 1
hurricane strength. I've been through several category 1-4 hurricanes
but none with that kind of wind velocity.
Chuck Norcutt
On 12/12/2011 1:41 PM, Chris Trask wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Just wondering how Piers and Donald have fared in the gales of
>>>> about 260 km/h recently reported.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Looks like the severity of that weather is going to worsen in
>>> the next 24 hours:
>>
>>
>> Yes, that's a pretty deep low. I have cancelled flying for tomorrow,
>> and we are in East Anglia, near Huntingdon.
>>
>
> Judging from the time factor alone, this looks like it evolved from the
> abnormally cold weather we had here a week ago. Large Arctic airmass moving
> to the southwest from Hudson Bay. For six days here it did not get above
> 55ºF. That's very cold for this part of the world (Phoenix, AZ), perhaps
> balmy for other places (Spitzbergen).
>
> Chris
>
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