Sentences with phrase «kt winds»

We need relatively calm seas (e.g, < 10 - 15 kt winds and < 3 - 4 ft seas) and if you check out the offshore actual weather and forecasts for the outer waters where we hope to work with beaked whales and other pelagic -LSB-...]

Not exact matches

spangled drongo, A wind speed of 167km / h is about 104.3 mph which is a cat2 per the Saffir - Simpson Scale: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshws.php CAT 2 96 - 110 mph 83 - 95 kt 154 - 177 km / h Extremely dangerous winds will cause extensive damage: Well - constructed frame homes could sustain major roof and siding damage.

Thus an Atlantic hurricane that is given a CI number of 4.5 (winds of 77 kt and pressure of 979 mb) could in reality be anywhere from winds of 60 to 90 kt and pressures of 989 to 969 mb.

Port Martin (67 ° S 141 ° E) is an especially windy site with an annual mean wind speed of 17 ms - 1 (33 kt — nearly gale force).

Remember that 879 hPa match with 155 kt in the pressure - wind relationship used in the Indian Ocean, the South Pacific and the western North Pacific.

For example, the Ku - band QuikSCAT radar can not measure extreme winds or winds in heavy rain (although it can measure wind speeds of up to about 90 kt, if those winds occur outside of rain and are not confined to a very small area, both of which are the case in most hurricanes).