Commonwealth Bay, Antartica The Guinness Book of World Records and National Geographic Atlas have both listed this bay in Antarctica as the windiest place on the planet. Katabatic winds in Commonwealth Bay are recorded at over 150 mph on a regular basis, and the average annual wind speed is 50 mph.

As the latitude at which horizontally and freely moving objects are located decreases, the twisting of the underlying Earth’s surface due to the planet’s rotation decreases. That is, the Coriolis effect decreases as the latitude decreases. It is maximum at the poles and absent at the equator. 13.

The Coriolis force increases with increasing wind speed. The Coriolis force acts perpendicular to the direction of motion (to the right of the wind in the Northern Hemisphere) and therefore cannot change the wind speed. The Coriolis force cannot generate a wind, it can only change its direction.

This is called the Coriolis Effect. The Coriolis Effect can be seen in action in the general circulation of the atmosphere. The winds at all latitudes to the north of 0° deflect to the right of their intended path in the Northern Hemisphere. The Coriolis Effect does not impact the wind speed, only the wind direction.

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So with all that said, at what wind speed do windows break? A Design Pressure or DP rating measures the strength of a window. Standard residential windows have DP values between 15 and 50. A DP 15 window can reasonably be expected to sustain winds of roughly 77 mph before shattering.

Here are some dos and don’ts of minimizing the storm’s impact on your windows.

1. Do Use Sturdy Storm Shutters.
2. Don’t Tape the Windows.
3. Do Use Thick Plywood If You Don’t Have Shutters.
4. Don’t Leave Windows Open.
5. Do Clean up Yard Before the Storm.
6. Do Use Impact-Resistant Window Film.

As we know that the storm is simply accompanied by strong winds(high speed) and as we know that the high-speed winds have low pressure , so if we close all the doors and windows when a storm occurs then the pressure inside the house will remain the same as before(high pressure than storm) but due to storm the pressure …

The high wind blowing over the roof creates a low pressure in accordance with Bernoulli’s principle. The pressure below the roof is equal to the atmospheric pressure which is now larger than pressure above the roof. Once the roof is lifted up, it is blown off with the wind along its direction.

When air currents enters your house from a broken window or an open doorway it creates pressure within and pushes it upwards. Combine that pressurized air inside with the force of wind pulling on the outside and the roof has a good chance of being removed.

Closed doors help prevent damaging cyclone winds from entering additional rooms. One of the windows or doors on the leeward side (away from the wind) of the house should be kept open. This will help equalize pressure inside and outside the house and will provide ventilation.