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Old 3rd March 2008 | 18:56
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You can expect up to a 30 degree variation in a gust. And the bearing will increase - in other words the wind "veers".

Gust strength is a factor, but also the terrain, since that determines the difference, both in strength and direction, of the free wind vs. surface wind.
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