Sentences with phrase «high wind speeds since»

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Sheltering inside a robust structure for at least 12 to 24 hours is a key way to survive that threat, Buddemeier said, since fallout can easily out - speed vehicles as it gets blown around by high - speed winds in the upper atmosphere.

It was the first - ever measured EF - 5 tornado, the highest category on the Enhanced Fujita scale, and the most powerful since 1999, with an estimated peak wind speed of 205 miles per hour.

However, engine noise is omnipresent, naturally joined by road and wind noise at higher speeds, since the car has the aerodynamic coefficient of a tall, moving brick.

Climate disruption is strengthening high altitude winds by speeding up the jet stream, as it has long since been expected to do.

At an altitude of 200 metres, twice as much wind can be harvested with the same sail surface - which translates into traction that is four times higher, since the wind pressure is equal to the square of the wind speed.