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What Is Sustained Wind?

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Sustained Wind

Sustained Wind
Sustained wind is defined as the average wind speed over 2 or 10 minutes or another time period. (This is in contrast to a wind gust, which is the highest observed wind speed for a period of 2 or 10 minutes or another.)

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