Turks and Caicos -Wind Gusts 105km?

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Turks and Caicos -Wind Gusts 105km?

#1 Postby Cookiely » Sat Sep 18, 2004 8:58 am

Saturday 09/18 Forecast in Detail for TURKS ISLAND


Day
Very windy with heavy t-storms Night
Cloudy, t-storms; very windy
High 30° C Low 23° C
Maximum RealFeel 36° C Minimum RealFeel 24° C
RealFeel Shade 34° C RealFeel Shade
Winds S at 43 km/h Winds N/A
Wind Gusts 105 km/h Wind Gusts 84 km/h
Maximum UV 4 Maximum UV
Thunderstorm Probability 99% Thunderstorm Probability 93%
Amount of Precipitation 49.5 mm Amount of Precipitation 11.2 mm
Amount of Rain 49.5 mm Amount of Rain 11.2 mm
Amount of Snow 0.0 mm Amount of Snow 0.0 mm
Hours of Precipitation 11 Hours of Precipitation 10
WHAT IS THE CONVERSION FOR KM TO MPH?
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#2 Postby HurricaneQueen » Sat Sep 18, 2004 9:17 am

1 mile/hour (mph) = 1.609344 kilometer/hour

or

1 kilometer/hour = 0.6213712 mile/hour (mph)
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#3 Postby Cookiely » Sat Sep 18, 2004 9:22 am

Thank you so much for your help. I finally found a great link which might help other newbies with a conversion table for weather.
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pub/metcon.shtml
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#4 Postby Josephine96 » Sat Sep 18, 2004 9:43 am

105 km is how much mph
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#5 Postby HURAKAN » Sat Sep 18, 2004 9:55 am

105 km/h = 65 mph

very possible in gusts.
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#6 Postby Josephine96 » Sat Sep 18, 2004 9:56 am

Oh ok.. scared me for a sec there lol
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#7 Postby wxwatcher2 » Sat Sep 18, 2004 10:14 am

I do get confusing don't it.
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#8 Postby Brent » Sat Sep 18, 2004 10:16 am

I have a headache. :lol:
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#9 Postby MBryant » Sat Sep 18, 2004 10:24 am

If you don't happen to have a calcullator with you and you don't need to be very precise, a quick ballpark figure is to use 60% which is actually easier in two steps.

take half and add a tenth

ie 70 km/h = 35 + 7 = 42MPH aprox 40-45 MPH will cover it
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