[wxqc] Pole For Wind Gauge

[Patrick R. Sklenar]

Victor Engel wrote:
> Thanks. That explains it. For some reason, I thought you were talking
> about the surface area of the pole.
>   

actually,. the tower's surface area DOES contribute to the wind load of 
the tower/antenna (or supported object) system.  Here are a couple of 
links to help understand this:

    ARRL article "Tower and Antenna Wind Loading as a Function of 
Height" (11 pages)
        http://www.arrl.org/qex/1123.pdf

    online forum discussion of "Tower Wind Loads"
        http://lists.contesting.com/_towertalk/1996-08/msg00159.html

    white paper "Towers and Wind Load"
        http://www.cco.ve3xd.com/towersmast.htm

Had a real nasty front come thru here (north central CT) last night ... 
wind for yesterday averaged 3+ mph ... when the front arrived, had gusts 
of nearly 30mph.  other areas of the state had lots of trees down, i'm 
in a somewhat protected location.  had 1/2" of rain in about an hour or 
so.  for a couple of minutes, was coming down at rate of over 2"/hr.  
luckily, that was for some very short bursts.  nearby lightning strike 
knocked my wx PC offline and i didn't notice it for about 2 hrs ... t'is 
too bad.  would have been some neat graphs on FindU/MesoWest. :(

local forecasters are saying a repeat is likely this afternoon.  hope i 
stay online this time. :)

pat----
N1PRS-9 (AR651)