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Old December 9th 11, 04:06 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Desperate Dan Desperate Dan is offline
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Default 110 kt mean Cairngorm summit

On Dec 8, 7:57*pm, "Norman" wrote:
Dave Cornwell wrote:
MartinR wrote:
Bit blowy up there.


MartinR

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Is the 173 mph record in danger I wonder? Was that measurement a gust?
Dave


Of course, one can never be really sure because, as far as I know, the
instrumentation is only exposed for a few minutes every hour - at least that
was the case in the past. Unless there is continuous recording you can never
know what exactly is the maximum gust.

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Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.


The Met Office SIESAWS on Cairn Gorm is a continuous recording system.
The Heriot-Watt AWS samples twice per hour (when it's working!)

Daniel.