Strongest Typhoon Claims Refuted By Philippines Weather Agency After Typhoon Yolanda

By Paul Homewood 

 

Thanks to M Kelly for reminding me what the Philippines National Weather Agency  had to say in the aftermath of Typhoon Yolanda. From the New York Times:

 

Before the typhoon made landfall, some international forecasters were estimating wind speeds at 195 m.p.h., which would have meant the storm would hit with winds among the strongest recorded. But local forecasters later disputed those estimates. “Some of the reports of wind speeds were exaggerated,” Mr. Paciente said [a forecaster with the Philippine government’s national weather agency].

The Philippine weather agency measured winds on the eastern edge of the country at about 150 m.p.h., he said, with some tracking stations recording speeds as low as 100 m.p.h.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/09/world/asia/powerful-typhoon-causes-mass-disruption-in-philippines.html?smid=tw-share&_r=1&