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Which meteorological parameters influence extreme wind speed in a wind farm? A heterogeneous Granger causality approach

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✍️Kateřina Hlaváčková-Schindler, Rainer Wöss, Irene Schicker & Claudia Plant

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The wind-to-wave height table Check how long it takes the wind to blow over a fetch to generate a certain wave height and wave period.

A wind blowing at 34-40 knots for 36 hours will produce a 14-second swell period and waves of around 37 feet.

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Hurricane Melissa winds hit record-breaking 252 mph, data confirms Researchers recorded a record-breaking wind gust as Hurricane Melissa lashed the Caribbean in late October.

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Climate change strengthened Hurricane Melissa, making the storm's winds stronger and the damage worse. » Yale Climate Connections Two new rapid attribution studies have found that climate change increased Melissa's winds by 7-10% and damage by 12%.

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Climate change strengthened Hurricane Melissa, making the storm's winds stronger and the damage worse. » Yale Climate Connections Two new rapid attribution studies have found that climate change increased Melissa's winds by 7-10% and damage by 12%.

yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/clim...

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How surfers can predict wave height just by reading the wind The SMB method is a semi-empirical system that estimates wave height and period from wind speed, fetch, or duration. It assumes deep water and steady wind blowing over an open water surface.

If a weather map shows a 30 kilometers per hour wind (that's 8.3 m/s) blowing across 200 kilometers of open ocean for several hours, you'll probably get around head-high surf.

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Wind Speed Forecast Map | Zoom Earth Interactive wind speed map. ICON and GFS models. Shows global forecasted surface winds.

Obsessed with this website I have found which lets you track
#StormAmy.

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Indiana's Rapidly Expanding Wind Energy Sector Raises Questions About Turbine Performance Indiana's rapidly expanding wind energy sector is generating over 3,500 megawatts of electricity, accounting for nearly 10% of the state's total consumption. However, not all turbines seem to be spinning at the same time, sparking questions about their operation. In reality, several factors contribute to this phenomenon, including maintenance requirements, wind speed limitations, and a process called curtailment, where wind farms temporarily shut down turbines when electricity production exceeds demand or when other power sources are more economical. As the energy sector continues to shift towards renewable sources, ongoing research into energy storage technologies aims to optimize wind farm operations and ensure a sustainable future for this vital part of Indiana's energy mix.

Indiana's Rapidly Expanding Wind Energy Sector Raises Questions About Turbine Performance #MISO #WindEnergy #TurbineMaintenance #WindSpeed #ElectricityStorage #Sustainability

🌬️ Peak wind gust so far in #Loanhead today: 58.7 km/h (36.5 mph), recorded via local Personal Weather Station (PWS).
📡 Live monitoring: www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pw...
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The wind speed to wave height equation The analysis outlined in William G. Van Dorn's 1974 book 'Oceanography and Seamanship' emphasizes that even with moderate wind speeds, the variability in swell formation can lead to occasional extreme...

Waves are a product of the wind. But are wind speed and wave height under a linear equation? The answer is actually quite surprising.

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03.19.25

Better hang on to something Francis, it’s Blowlahoma again today.

— The Chihuahua Chronicles

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Record-Shattering 20,000 Mph Winds Detected on Wild Alien Planet #Science #Space #Exoplanets #AlienPlanet #Windspeed #SpaceDiscovery

Crazy wind speeds on the Met office weather app today.

Own up! Who’s playing silly devils at the Met Office?
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Looking at my global #hamradio and #spaceweather Dashboards it appears to be a good Day for #HFRadio #SFI #TEC #MUF #Windspeed #Kp #WSPR