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On 6/20/06, Ahmet <> wrote:
>
> Bryan, if you have 40-50 knot winds on the shore, 200 miles away from the
> center, you will very likely have gusts much higher in the center of the
> storm.
>
> The below links (and accompanied text) is what the high wind reports are
> based on.
> It is interesting that there is so little information about the actual
> conditions.
> Nonetheless, if the major interest in this entire subject is weather all
> the wind reports are credible, that is an entirely different subject matter.
>
> If the coast guard helicopter crew says that the winds were between 50
> and 90 knots, an airport 200 miles north from the center reports 40 knot
> gusts, I find it probable that it has happened.
Thanks for the links, Ahmet. Please note that a Coast Guard helicopter was
not engaged in searching for Free Spirit. The Jayhawk was only used to
hoist three Canadians from Dads Dream and take them ashore. The search for
Free Spirit was conducted by a fixed wing jet that operates at much higher
altitudes. No way that aircraft knows or can report surface winds with
accuracy.
Seas in that area are as much defined by the bottom as by the weather
conditions. 200 miles south of Halifax is close enough to Georges Banks
that there could have been some very nasty seas kicked up that would have
been disproportionate to the wind speed or fetch. But that same distance in
a slightly different direction puts the boat in very deep water with fewer
hazards.
The second news item you quoted seems to have invented the wind speed. They
certainly don't attribute it to any creditible source. Not surprising for
tabloid journalism; they could have equally easily written that Free Spirit
was carried off by a UFO.
--
Best,
Bryan Genez
"Capella" V40-158
New Bern, NC
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