"Alan White" wrote in message
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On Sun, 3 Dec 2006 14:19:26 +0000, John Hall
wrote:

But isn't it the gusts that are going to do most of the damage? That
seems to me to justify quoting them, though not to the exclusion of the
mean speed.

In a forecast, yes, but in a report, no.

But surely a report of max gust is as valuable a
piece of weather data as mean speed?
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Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl