Originally Posted by
pepe C
Yes it was very windy today. There were gale force winds of up to 100 km/hour and there was also some damage.
No doubt, but AMS has only recorded gusts up to 18 m/s (65 kph) today. That's gale force, but only just.
I suspect that the main problem is that the wind came from the "wrong" direction, putting half the runways out of action.
Johan