Col wrote:
"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?
Absolutely
It is the gusts that may cost millions of pounds in damages.
The insurance companies will certainly wish to verify any
claims by looking at maximum gusts.So is quoting a maximum
gust meaningless and tabloid media like, I say certainly not.
Alan
www.wincantonweather.org.uk