119 MPH Winds in Pacific Northwest
UPDATE: New video from the windstorm has been added to this blog entry.
ORIGINAL POST:
It's that time of year again, when the Pacific Northwest starts getting pounded by major storms unleashing lots of rain, snow and wind. In the video blog below, I use Google Earth to explore the sites of the highest wind gusts in 3-D:
Below is a list of the highest wind gusts that I could find (at or over 80 mph).
Mount Rainier, WA: 119 mph
Rattlesnake Mountain, WA: 105 mph
Mission Ridge, WA: 97 mph
Cape Meares, OR: 92 mph
Near Clallam Bay, WA: 92 mph
Chinook Pass, WA: 87 mph
Clatsop Spit, OR: 86 mph
Garibaldi, OR: 83 mph
Mt. Hebo, OR: 80 mph
(Over 90 MPH Only)
Many of these are unofficial stations (but the data looked good to me). Many are also in places where few people live (for example, Mount Ranier at 10,000 feet). We also have a list of wind gusts in major cities on our Western News Blog (PREMIUM | PRO). The NWS in Portland has a list of other wind gusts in this statement (ARCHIVED), in which they say:
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