Convergence
(Weather Watcher)
Wed Oct 26 2005 06:11 PM
Re: Wind speed measurement?

Quote:

That was a question I was going to ask
So.. when Wilma had 115 mph winds, and was moving at 50 mph, the winds on the east side were 165 and on the west 65?



Yes, pretty much. Vector addition! You can see why that would have been rather unpleasant for New England.


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