On 14 Jan, 20:48, "weaman" wrote:
Graham, general Met Office usage defines a gale in terms of both mean speed
and gusts. Hence a severe gale is either mean speed 45kts, or gusts 52kt, if
memory serves me right. Hence gusts to severe gale force means gusts to
52kts. I doubt this is widely known.

I certainly didn't know. I would have thought the 52 kt gust theshold
would normally be reached with a mean windspeed well below 45kts.

Graham
Penzance