<![CDATA[175 mph hurricane but app shows maximum 72 mph gusts]]>I found this to be the case over and over again with this app where the wind speeds shown in the app are far below what they actually are. Except in this case it's a hundred miles an hour less. What's up with that?

]]>https://community.windy.com/topic/37063/175-mph-hurricane-but-app-shows-maximum-72-mph-gustsRSS for NodeSat, 14 Mar 2026 17:56:27 GMTMon, 07 Oct 2024 20:41:05 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to 175 mph hurricane but app shows maximum 72 mph gusts on Tue, 08 Oct 2024 11:08:28 GMT]]>@hullknocker
Did you read my post here above ??

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/201347https://community.windy.com/post/201347Tue, 08 Oct 2024 11:08:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 175 mph hurricane but app shows maximum 72 mph gusts on Tue, 08 Oct 2024 10:46:46 GMT]]>@Suty

Why is there such a spread in wind speeds?

Windy is showing Hurricane Milton at two vastly different wind speeds. Windy map gives Milton at 58kts and the Windy.com Hurricane track reports Milton at 135kts. I have the screenshot on my FB Page.

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]]>https://community.windy.com/post/201346https://community.windy.com/post/201346Tue, 08 Oct 2024 10:46:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 175 mph hurricane but app shows maximum 72 mph gusts on Tue, 08 Oct 2024 07:13:59 GMT]]>@aboarman
@phreddog
It is not an issue “with this app” but it is because weather models are not able to predict accurately the strongest wind of tropical cyclones.
See these related posts
https://community.windy.com/topic/34070/hurricane-beryl-winds/2?=1728318701752
https://community.windy.com/topic/9456/dorian-wind-speed-and-pressure/2?=1728318701766

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/201327https://community.windy.com/post/201327Tue, 08 Oct 2024 07:13:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 175 mph hurricane but app shows maximum 72 mph gusts on Tue, 08 Oct 2024 06:48:54 GMT]]>@phreddog Could you please share any examples? Do you also check wind gusts layer?

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/201321https://community.windy.com/post/201321Tue, 08 Oct 2024 06:48:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 175 mph hurricane but app shows maximum 72 mph gusts on Mon, 07 Oct 2024 21:59:08 GMT]]>@aboarman I ask myself that with every storm

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