Wind speed and Wind gust
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Hi. I found the parameter of Wind speed and Wind Gust. What is the difference? and how to calculate wind gust..
Hope for your explanation.. Thanks :)
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@will1803as
https://community.windy.com/topic/3361/description-of-weather-overlays
(wind gust is the max. wind forecasted in the 3hr period)
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And the Wind is averaged over how long time?
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@Vito83
Wind is the averaged speed usually over 10 minutes but in USA and in aviation it can be over 2 minutes. I guess the weather model of ECMWF is calibrated over 10 minutes. This is partly the reason why Wind on Windy is different from the 1-minute winds predicted by NHC for hurricanes.
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