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art_lessing - 21-5-2007 at 11:54 AM

WOW it sure would have been fun out there today!!!!!

check out the wind speed for Davis, CA......I think a napkin would have been a big enough kite......

Dan
:lol:





"""UC Davis Climate Station

Realtime Data

Realtime weather data observed at the LAWR Campbell Field Facility
Davis, California: 38 32 07 N, 121 46 30 W, Elevation 60 ft
Temperature at 2m 25.4 °C ( 77.7 °F )
Relative Humidity at 2m 37 % ( 37 % )
Pressure 1009.8 mb ( 29.82 inHg )
Wind Direction N/A N/A
Wind Speed at 10 60.12 m/s ( 134.49 MPH )
Soil Temperature at 10cm 25.4 °C ( 77.8 °F )
Soil Temperature at 20cm 25.6 °C ( 78 °F )
Soil Temperature at 50cm 24.1 °C ( 75.4 °F )
Evaporation Pan Water Temperature N/A N/A
Evaporation Pan Depth 1.116 cm ( 0.439 in )
Total Precipitation since midnight 0 cm ( 0 in )
Data is accurate as of May 21, 2007 at 10:45 AM PST (UTC-8)
(Note: this data is displayed in realtime and is updated every minute, it may contain anomalies.)""""

Dagon - 1-6-2007 at 05:30 PM

there is no way that can be acurate, 135mph!!

Sthrasher38 - 9-7-2007 at 08:54 PM

I think you are right! dagon.

art_lessing - 10-7-2007 at 12:59 AM

yeah the site is down and has been for a while....oh well it is a good site when it works...

Sthrasher38 - 10-7-2007 at 04:07 PM

Ther was a day when you mentioned That Marysville ca. Had a tornado warning. The wind here that day was30 mph gusting to fourty but it only lasted about 30 min. Then it started hailing and pouring rain. My kite got so heavy and crazy I packed it up.