"Col" wrote in message
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"Martin Rowley" wrote in
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... and I've now found a note in the COL bulletin for that month of
a
gust of 87kn at North Rona at 0400Z on the 13th.

Yes, that must be the one, thanks for the info

87kn must be as near as dammit 100mph, I was wondering
whether I had recalled that correctly as it seems an outrageous
gust in June even in an exposed location.

.... yes, I'm sure that is where the '100' came from. It's a bit
'artificial' (for land-lubbers) as the sensors are located on an
isolated island some distance to the NNW of Scotland, itself poking up
98m above the sea, then the sensors are some way above that (can't
remember what the anemometer height was, but do remember that we didn't
use it for verification of Fair Isle gales because it was not
representative of *ship* level winds - more a 'reduced gradient' speed!
I believe it (North Rona) is a World Conservation site? The gusts I
posted in the original are more representative of populated areas of the
Northern and Western Isles.

Martin.