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Old 12-13-2007, 12:09 AM
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Default Wind speeds

I'm looking at the 24 hour wind speed graph. Does the wind drop to zero from high speeds (over 100mph) very often? At first I thought maybe the equipment was giving bad readings (broken?) but I guess this could happen. I thought winds "die down" instead of just stopping all of a sudden.

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My guess is ice caused it or equipment failure.
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Looks like the eye of a hurricane.

Actually its bad data. It happens.
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The word I got was "ice clog". Okay, that's 2 words.

The pitot-static anemometer is heated to prevent infiltration, but sometimes needs maintenance.

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Old 12-13-2007, 01:13 PM
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"The word I got was "ice clog".

Pitot no flow, it rimes. (pun intended)
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