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49.HOW IS THE SPEED OF WIND MEASURED?

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On a windy day, it may seem to you that the wind is moving at tremendous speed. Then you hear the weather report and it says, “Winds of 10 to 15 miles per hour.” It’s easy for us to be fooled about the speed of the wind. But the exact wind speed is important to many people, so there are scientific ways of measuring the wind.