wind-speed

One surprising finding was that hurricane damage grows substantially with even modest increases in wind-speed beyond hurricane velocity above 74 mph.

Economy Becoming More Vulnerable to Hurricanes Conor Dougherty 2011

An analysis of Hurricane Irene wind-speed readings in both North Carolina and the New York region, however, shows the winds reported by the National Hurricane Center were well in excess of what most people experienced on the ground.

Northern Landfall Puts Storm on Map Robert Lee Hotz 2011

AWS offers wind-speed predictions for $60 or a full site-specific data report for about $750 at www. windnavigator.com.

Catching the Breeze at Your Door 2010

"Hurricane forecasters will also offer a new color-coded graphic on the NHC Web site this year that will indicate storm surge probabilities for threatened areas, similar to forecasts they now offer on wind-speed probabilities."

Internet News: Storm Warnings 2008

"Hurricane forecasters will also offer a new color-coded graphic on the NHC Web site this year that will indicate storm surge probabilities for threatened areas, similar to forecasts they now offer on wind-speed probabilities."

Internet News: Search Aids Archives 2009

However, much like the IPCC, the World Meteorological Organization also said that "It is likely that some increase in tropical cyclone peak wind-speed and rainfall will occur if the climate continues to warm."

Chris Mooney: On Hurricanes (And Much Else), Gore Did Better Than His Congressional Critics 2008

"Hurricane forecasters will also offer a new color-coded graphic on the NHC Web site this year that will indicate storm surge probabilities for threatened areas, similar to forecasts they now offer on wind-speed probabilities."

Internet News: March 2008 Archives 2008

So here is a histogram of 1933 compared to 2005 wind-speed counts in 5 knot increments – first a 1933 histogram, then a 2005 histogram and then the same data side-by-side.

1933 « Climate Audit 2007

He goes on to conclude that the small fractional change in station wind-speed values relative to reanalysis values are unlikely to have caused a global bias in trends of Tmin in calm conditions approaching -0.1-C over the 50-year period, equivalent to -0.02-C/decade, 1/10-th of the observed warming signal.

Parker 2006: An Urban Myth? « Climate Audit 2007

In terms of the total number of hurricane-days i.e. days at wind-speed gt 65 knots west of 69W, where does 2005 rank in the league table including all years since 1851?

Hurricanes – West Division « Climate Audit 2007