FROM TODAY'S PRINT EDITIONS:
Donald Gansauer, in Canton, asks: “Have we had an above-average number of days with wind advisories this past winter?” Unfortunately, that’s not a statistic the National Weather Service routinely tracks. But when I asked, Steve Zubrick, at NWS-Sterling, produced another pretty nifty wind statistic.
The winds on Feb. 19, which fanned many wildfires, averaged 55 mph at BWI-Marshall Airport, with a peak gust to 60 mph. That made it the windiest day here in at least 10 years.
(SUN PHOTO: Kevin Richardson, Feb. 19, 2011)