{"id":59303,"date":"2025-11-20T21:40:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T02:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=59303"},"modified":"2025-11-20T21:40:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T02:40:24","slug":"record-breaking-wind-gust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/11\/20\/record-breaking-wind-gust\/","title":{"rendered":"Record Breaking Wind Gust!!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Denis Phillips, Chief Meteorologist, Tampa Bay 28<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"4c2c27\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #4c2c27;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"957\" height=\"540\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/584882989_1405029587652632_787501971798533146_n.webp?resize=957%2C540&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59304 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/584882989_1405029587652632_787501971798533146_n.webp?w=957&amp;ssl=1 957w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/584882989_1405029587652632_787501971798533146_n.webp?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/584882989_1405029587652632_787501971798533146_n.webp?resize=768%2C433&amp;ssl=1 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In post-storm analysis, it was discovered that Hurricane Melissa had a <strong>wind gust of 252 mph<\/strong> before landfall. Hurricane Hunters dropped a sensor (dropsonde) while flying in the eyewall, and the sensor registered the highest wind gust ever recorded in a tropical cyclone. The gust was recorded at a height of 652 feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Winds equivalent to an EF-5 tornado.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Denis Phillips, Chief Meteorologist, Tampa Bay 28 In post-storm analysis, it was discovered that Hurricane Melissa had a wind gust of 252 mph before landfall. 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