High Winds Tear Off Roof

The roof was blown off a building in Port aux Basques, Newfoundland, Canada, as high winds battered the area on November 29. The incident was brought to our attention by our customer Marine Atlantic. They contacted us with the data log file to help verify the wind speed at the time of the incident.

The company operates the ferry service to Nova Scotia, and has an Orion Weather Station situated on an island not far from the building. The graph below shows a peak of 88.3 mph for the 10-minute average gust at about 8:30.

According to local news reports, hurricane-strength winds caused widespread power outages and property damage to the region. “Weather stations are working great and very pleased with the equipment,” they concluded.

The company has multiple Orion Weather Stations with MicroServer, Weather Display console and WeatherMaster Software.

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