Last night, the wind really picked up - from about 10 PM to 4 PM, it was howling and shrieking non-stop. Below is a trace of the wind-speed measurement around the station. As you can see we had gusts up to 50+ knots ( ~57 mph ), with sustained wind speeds ranging from 50 to 40 knots between 1 and 5 AM!
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| Wind speed measurements around the Station from 2100 April 23 to 0900 April 24 |
To get some perspective, here is the Beaufort Wind Scale that relates wind speed to what is observed on land/sea
So according to this, we are experiencing level 9 and 10 winds here. I am glad there are no trees here, and I am extremely happy that the buildings do not have slate roofs! Apparently, if the winds go beyond 80 mph, it is no longer safe to even go outside.
For those curious about the temperatures here, check out the plot of temperature and wind-chill below. So, not exactly a picnic here!
Perhaps a portable wind turbine would be useful. :)
ReplyDeleteI had the same thought but wind speeds go up to 90 mph here regularly. Difficult to maintain and operate a wind turbine in such conditions.
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