Showing posts with label wind. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wind. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Good Morning: Maybe Not

Cold and windy. That's what to expect today. After dipping down to the 20's, Tuesday will warm up to just about freezing. It's the wind that's going to be the weather news today: The wind will be coming from the northwest at about 25 miles per hour, gusting to 40 miles per hour. Faster than you can drive on the Beltway during rush hour.

On this day in 1799 George Washington died.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Good Morning: Leave Your Umbrella at Home Today

Replacing yesterday's rain is today's winds. Breezy, windy and all that: We'll see winds from the west blowing at between 14 and 19 miles per hour. The high will be about 61 degrees today.

The strongest wind ever recorded was in a F5 tornado in Oklahoma City in 1999: 318 miles per hour. That'll ruin your umbrella --and everything else-- quickly. The highest non-tornadic wind ever recorded happened in 1934 on the top of Mt. Washington in New Hampshire: 231 miles per hour.