Thread: What is the definition of Gust Wind?
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Old October 20th 05, 02:58 PM posted to sci.geo.meteorology
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Default What is the definition of Gust Wind?
On 19 Oct 2005 23:02:28 -0700,
, in
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+ I have a weather station. It displays both the current wind speed and
+ gust wind speed. The current wind speed is updated about once every 2
+ minutes. I assume that the gust wind is, according to the standard
+ you've indicated, updated every 10 minutes, but I will have to verify
+ that.

I would guess that your weather station just displays the peak wind
within that 2 minute window, and doesn't care a lick about the
official definition.

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