California has a new wind-speed record: 199 mph
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) " Scientists say a 199-mph (320-kph) gust that blasted a mountaintop at the Alpine Meadows ski resort last February was the strongest wind ever recorded in California.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday it was also the strongest non-tornado wind in the United States last year.Tom Padham, a meteorologist with the Mount Washington Observatory in New Hampshire, tells the San Francisco Chronicle that even in winds of 120 mph (193 [...]
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