"Dave Ludlow" wrote in message
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On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 17:02:11 -0000, "Philip Eden"
philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote:

Thanks for alerting us to that link, Martin. Even a cursory look shows
that
some text and several figures are identical to those in "The Great Storm
of 15-16
October 1987", by Burt and Mansfield, Weather 43 (3), 1988, even to the
extent of including mention of the erroneous gust report of 106kn at
Gorleston which was quickly shown to be erroneous and was corrected
(including a
redrawn map) in Weather a few months later.

Hmmm... I've often relied on Martin's link for what I thought was
accurate wind speed data about this event and now, I'm wondering how
reliable the rest of it is.

Do you (or does anyone) happen to know if the 10 minute mean wind
speed of 70 knots at Lee-on-the-Solent, mentioned in the Met Office
article, has been accepted officially and if it is in fact the
highest mainland 10 minute mean wind speed recorded in this event?

Highest hourly means and gusts (in knots) we
Shoreham-by-Sea 74/98
Langdon Bay 56/94
Telecom Tower 54/94
Sheerness 63/93
Ashford 38/92
Herstmonceux 60/90
Thorney Island 59/90
Shoeburyness 56/87
Gatwick 34/86
Manston 58/86
Portland 55/86
Jersey apt 55/85

There were many power outages which left electrically
powered anemographs u/s ... among the most important
was Shoreham where the there was no power between
0400 and 0740, and Burt/Mansfield estimate gusts there
may have reached or exceeded 100kn between 04 and 05.

Highest 10-minute winds (not a complete list):
Royal Sovereign 75kn
Channel LV 70
Lee-on-Solent 70
Langdon Bay 62
Manston 61

Source: Burt & Mansfield, The Great Storm of 15-16
October 1987, Weather 43 (3), 1988.

Philip Eden