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Damaging Wind With Forests Leveled


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1 minute ago, Ginx snewx said:

Why sq with 10 mi vis and flurries

Squalls are defined by wind...not precip.

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b) Squall. A strong wind characterized by a sudden onset in which the wind speed increases at least 16 knots and is sustained at 22 knots or more for at least one minute (see paragraph 12.6.8.e.(1)).

 

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1 minute ago, Ginx snewx said:

Why sq with 10 mi vis and flurries

As Brian said, they are a wind feature not precip.

ASOS will report SQ whenever that criteria he quoted is met, AND the current wind is greater than 2kt and the potential SQ value is 3+kt greater than the current average wind, all of this over a 10 min period.

The for instance lowest possible SQ report would be 3kt jumping to 22kt. 

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1 minute ago, OceanStWx said:

As Brian said, they are a wind feature not precip.

ASOS will report SQ whenever that criteria he quoted is met, AND the current wind is greater than 2kt and the potential SQ value is 3+kt greater than the current average wind, all of this over a 10 min period.

The for instance lowest possible SQ report would be 3kt jumping to 22kt. 

But a snow squall warning doesn’t include that criteria?

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