Oh My! Winds Clocked At 472 MPH In Barbados... LOL

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Oh My! Winds Clocked At 472 MPH In Barbados... LOL

#1 Postby abajan » Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:14 am

http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/TBPB.html

Get a load of that wind at 4:00 PM! :lol:
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#2 Postby Matt-hurricanewatcher » Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:21 am

Must be a nuclear test? :eek:
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#3 Postby GalvestonDuck » Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:22 am

They slipped in rather quickly and changed it to "No data." Someone else must have caught it also.

I was going to ask if you had any skin left on your nose after winds that strong. :)
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#4 Postby Coredesat » Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:22 am

Someone must've created a miniature black hole near the weather station. :lol:
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#5 Postby HURAKAN » Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:22 am

Are you guys filming Maximum Velocity 2?
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#6 Postby P.K. » Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:29 am

lol

TBPB 272000Z 080410KT 9999 FEW012CB SCT016 30/25 Q1014 RMK CB-SE JP-E SE
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#7 Postby southerngale » Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:35 am

GalvestonDuck wrote:They slipped in rather quickly and changed it to "No data." Someone else must have caught it also.

I was going to ask if you had any skin left on your nose after winds that strong. :)


It's still there. :)

4 PM (20) Jul 27 86 (30) 77 (25) 29.94 (1014) E 472
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#8 Postby EDR1222 » Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:36 am

:lol:
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#9 Postby P.K. » Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:44 am

The pressure must have changed a lot in that hour to get 410kt winds given the hour before and after......:lol:

TBPB 271900Z 09011KT 9999 SCT016 30/25 Q1014 RMK JP-W NE
TBPB 272100Z 07012KT 9999 FEW012CB SCT016 30/25 Q1014 RMK CB DIST.E JP SSE
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472 mph but the max was 17 mph

#10 Postby jimvb » Thu Jul 28, 2005 7:32 am

I tried looking for Barbados under Weather Underground:

http://www.wunderground.com/history/air ... story.html

It tells me that the wind at 4 pm was 471.8 mph, and that the maximum wind speed was 17 mph. There must be an imaginary component to that 471.8 wind speed, then.

Wind
Wind Speed 5 mph (East)
Max Wind Speed 17 mph
Max Gust Speed -
Visibility 7 miles
Events Rain

Key: T is trace of precipitation, MM is missing value
Source: NWS Daily Summary

Show full METARS (help) - Comma Delimited File
Time(AST) Temperature Dew Point Humidity Sea Level Pressure Visibility Wind Direction Wind Speed Gust Speed Precipitation Events Conditions
12:00 AM 80.6 °F 77.0 °F 89% 30.01 in 7.0 miles ESE 5.8 mph - N/A Scattered Clouds
1:00 AM 78.8 °F 77.0 °F 94% 30.01 in 7.0 miles Variable 3.5 mph - N/A Scattered Clouds
2:00 AM 78.8 °F 77.0 °F 94% 29.98 in 7.0 miles Variable 3.5 mph - N/A Scattered Clouds
3:00 AM 78.8 °F 77.0 °F 94% 29.98 in 7.0 miles ENE 4.6 mph - N/A Rain Rain Showers
4:00 AM 80.6 °F 77.0 °F 89% 29.98 in 7.0 miles East 5.8 mph - N/A Scattered Clouds
5:00 AM 78.8 °F 77.0 °F 94% 29.98 in 7.0 miles ENE 5.8 mph - N/A Scattered Clouds
6:00 AM 80.6 °F 77.0 °F 89% 29.98 in 7.0 miles East 8.1 mph - N/A Scattered Clouds
7:00 AM 82.4 °F 77.0 °F 84% 30.01 in 7.0 miles East 6.9 mph - N/A Partly Cloudy
8:00 AM 84.2 °F 77.0 °F 79% 30.01 in 7.0 miles East 10.4 mph - N/A Partly Cloudy
9:00 AM 86.0 °F 77.0 °F 74% 30.01 in 7.0 miles East 9.2 mph - N/A Partly Cloudy
10:00 AM 86.0 °F 77.0 °F 74% 30.01 in 7.0 miles East 10.4 mph - N/A Partly Cloudy
11:00 AM 86.0 °F 77.0 °F 74% 30.01 in 7.0 miles East 11.5 mph - N/A Partly Cloudy
12:00 PM 86.0 °F 77.0 °F 74% 30.01 in 7.0 miles East 11.5 mph - N/A Partly Cloudy
1:00 PM 86.0 °F 77.0 °F 74% 29.98 in 7.0 miles ESE 10.4 mph - N/A Scattered Clouds
2:00 PM 87.8 °F 78.8 °F 75% 29.98 in 7.0 miles East 11.5 mph - N/A Scattered Clouds
3:00 PM 86.0 °F 77.0 °F 74% 29.95 in 7.0 miles East 12.7 mph - N/A Scattered Clouds
4:00 PM 86.0 °F 77.0 °F 74% 29.95 in 7.0 miles East 471.8 mph - N/A Scattered Clouds
5:00 PM 86.0 °F 77.0 °F 74% 29.95 in 7.0 miles ENE 13.8 mph - N/A Scattered Clouds
6:00 PM 84.2 °F 77.0 °F 79% 29.95 in 7.0 miles ENE 15.0 mph - N/A Scattered Clouds
7:00 PM 82.4 °F 77.0 °F 84% 29.98 in 7.0 miles ENE 10.4 mph - N/A Scattered Clouds
8:00 PM 82.4 °F 78.8 °F 89% 29.98 in 7.0 miles ENE 10.4 mph - N/A Scattered Clouds
9:00 PM 82.4 °F 77.0 °F 84% 29.98 in 7.0 miles East 15.0 mph - N/A Mostly Cloudy
10:00 PM 84.2 °F 77.0 °F 79% 30.01 in 7.0 miles East 15.0 mph - N/A Rain Light Rain Showers
11:00 PM 82.4 °F 75.2 °F 79% 30.01 in 7.0 miles East 17.3 mph - N/A Scattered Clouds
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#11 Postby Comanche » Thu Jul 28, 2005 8:11 am

Maybe Maverick and Goose did a famous "flyby" of the equipment.
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#12 Postby GalvestonDuck » Thu Jul 28, 2005 8:23 am

southerngale wrote:
GalvestonDuck wrote:They slipped in rather quickly and changed it to "No data." Someone else must have caught it also.

I was going to ask if you had any skin left on your nose after winds that strong. :)


It's still there. :)

4 PM (20) Jul 27 86 (30) 77 (25) 29.94 (1014) E 472


Duh...4PM. My goof. :)
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#13 Postby msbee » Thu Jul 28, 2005 8:32 am

the next thing you know it's gonna be snowing down there! :lol:
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#14 Postby beachbum_al » Thu Jul 28, 2005 10:14 am

I saw it on the site. I guess someone has some explaining to do about those winds. :P
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#15 Postby Hurricaneman » Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:56 pm

It was probably a failure of the equiptment
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#16 Postby mtm4319 » Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:58 pm

Hurricaneman wrote:It was probably a failure of the equiptment


At 472 mph, I'd be shocked if the equipment didn't fail. :lol:
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#17 Postby Swimdude » Thu Jul 28, 2005 1:11 pm

Yeah I would think the entire weather station would be gone after a gust like that. Awesome typo. :lol:
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#18 Postby mike18xx » Thu Jul 28, 2005 1:56 pm

Swimdude wrote:Yeah I would think the entire weather station would be gone after a gust like that. Awesome typo. :lol:
When I worked at Warner Robbins AFB, there was a yellowed note tape under the glass on the front-counter, a WX-ob from some station or another.

It read:

SPECIAL: TOR 1/4M SW MVG OVHD 75G115 WX ST FALLING APART...MAY BE LAST OB
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#19 Postby abajan » Thu Jul 28, 2005 8:23 pm

msbee wrote:the next thing you know it's gonna be snowing down there! :lol:

You may recall that it did! :lol:
Remember this thread? :rarrow: http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic ... ht=#915589
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