It certainly has been a bit windy over the last few nights and days.
1500ft, 55kts in the hover over Cov early this morning, no probs, just that the required orbit got a bit oval when turning downwind!
Limit 50kts all round to start rotors but once you are up, self explanatory really, as long as you are pointing into wind it can blow up to VNE ( or other restricting IAS at the time ) as far as limits go!....in theory!
However discretion is the better part of valour and all that!
Will try and find out more details for you as to what was going on.