<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>While considering the macro-scale variation in wind speed, you would do well to not overlook the highly localized orographic effects on wind speed and associated damage. The effect of local topology on wind speed is sufficiently strong and well-understood to drive zoning regulations:</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><a
href="http://martinchock.com/_library/documents/papers/hawaiistatebuildingcodewindprovisions.pdf">http://martinchock.com/_library/documents/papers/hawaiistatebuildingcodewindprovisions.pdf</a><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Regards,</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande',
sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">David</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Eugene Alvin Villar <seav80@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Mark Cupitt <markcupitt@gmail.com> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> osm-ph <talk-ph@openstreetmap.org>; "HOT@OSM (Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team)"
<hot@openstreetmap.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, December 12, 2013 3:02 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [HOT] [talk-ph] Typhoon Wind Speeds<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv6704394984"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="yiv6704394984gmail_extra"><div class="yiv6704394984yqt0349530256" id="yiv6704394984yqtfd24239"><div class="yiv6704394984gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 9:15 AM, Mark Cupitt <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:markcupitt@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:markcupitt@gmail.com">markcupitt@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none">
<blockquote class="yiv6704394984gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><div>In the Northern Hemisphere, Typhoons rotate in a Counter Clockwise Direction, so the actual wind on the ground has to be factored with the speed of travel of the typhoon itself. The faster the speed over ground of the typhoon, the more wind that will be added or subtracted over the ground depending on what position within the circulation a specific point is.<br clear="none">
</div></div></blockquote><div><br clear="none"></div><div>This is why the northeast quadrant of typhoons (which typically move northwest) in the Philippines are considered the "strong side". For example check out this news article containing a quote from NASA:<br clear="none">
<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.philstar.com/nation/2013/11/08/1254420/yolandas-strongest-side-may-hit-manila-nasa">http://www.philstar.com/nation/2013/11/08/1254420/yolandas-strongest-side-may-hit-manila-nasa</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv6704394984gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;">
"US-based National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) warned
that Manila may receive a lashing from super typhoon Yolanda's strongest
side, its northeastern quadrant."<br clear="none"></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="yqt0349530256" id="yqtfd81324">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">HOT mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:HOT@openstreetmap.org" href="mailto:HOT@openstreetmap.org">HOT@openstreetmap.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot" target="_blank">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>