SUBJECT : A Tad Bit Windy In Fort Bragg, NC?

KFBG 010024Z COR 33024G95KT 5SM TSRA BR BKN020CB OVC090 31/20
     A2976 RMK FRQ LTGICCCCG CB OHD MOV SE SHELF CLD OHD MOV SE MDT
     CU ALQDS=

This Observation came from the Fort Bragg site this evening.  For those
unfamiliar with the code, it decodes as follows (been a while since I
looked at METAR decoding, somebody let me know if I'm off on anything):

Fort Bragg / Fayettville NC, 00:24Z on the 1st.  Wind from 330 degrees
at 24 knots (28 mph) gusting to 95 knots (109 mph).  Visibility 5
statute miles in a Thunderstorm.  [Cloud data, etc]  Remarks: Frequent
Lightning In Cloud, Cloud to Cloud, Cloud to Ground.  Cumulonimbus
overhead moving SE.  Shelf cloud overhead moving SE, moderate Cumulus
all quadrants.

Here are additional obs from around that time.  Notice another claim of
82 knots suggesting that the 95 was not an instrument malfunction.

KFBG 010024Z 33024G95KT 7SM BKN020CB OVC090 31/20 A2976 RMK FRQ
     LTGICCCCG CB OHD MOV SE SHELF CLD OHD MOV SE MDT CU ALQDS=
KFBG 010024Z COR 33024G95KT 5SM TSRA BR BKN020CB OVC090 31/20
     A2976 RMK FRQ LTGICCCCG CB OHD MOV SE SHELF CLD OHD MOV SE MDT
     CU ALQDS
KFBG 010024Z COR 33024G95KT 5SM TSRA BR BKN020CB OVC090 31/20
     A2976 RMK FRQ LTGICCCCG CB OHD MOV SE SHELF CLD OHD MOV SE MDT
     CU ALQDS=
KFBG 010034Z 35025G82KT 2SM TSRA BR BKN020CB OVC090 24/22 A2975
     RMK FRQ LTGICCCCG CB OHD MOV SE SHELF CLD OHD MOV SE MDT CU
     ALQDS=
KFBG 010024Z COR 33024G95KT 5SM TSRA BR BKN020CB OVC090 31/20
     A2976 RMK FRQ LTGICCCCG TS OHD MOV SE CB OHD MOV SE SHELF CLD
     OHD MOV SE MDT CU ALQDS=
KFBG 010034Z COR 35025G82KT 2SM TSRA BR BKN020CB OVC090 24/22
     A2975 RMK FRQ LTGICCCCG TS OHD MOV SE SHELF CLD OHD MOV SE=
KFBG 010034Z COR 35025G82KT 2SM TSRA BR BKN020CB OVC090 24/22
     A2975 RMK FRQ LTGICCCCG TS OHD MOV SE SHELF CLD OHD MOV SE
KFBG 010055Z 35003G22KT 2SM TSRA BR BKN020CB OVC090 23/22 A2974
     RMK PK WND 34095/24 FRQ LTGICCCCG TS OHD MOV SE SLP068 SHELF CLD
     MOV SE 8/97/ 9/71/=
KFBG 010055Z COR 35003G22KT 2SM TSRA BR BKN020CB OVC090 23/22
     A2974 RMK PK WND 34095/24 TWR VIS 4 FRQ LTGICCCCG TS OHD MOV SE
     SLP068 SHELF CLD MOV SE 8/97/ 9/71/=
KFBG 010055Z COR 35003G22KT 2SM TSRA BR BKN020CB OVC090 23/22
     A2974 RMK PK WND 34095/24 TWR VIS 4 FRQ LTGICCCCG TS OHD MOV SE
     SLP068 SHELF CLD MOV SE 8/97/ 9/71/
KFBG 010116Z 25005KT 3SM -TSRA BR BKN020CB OVC090 24/22 A2977
     RMK TWR VIS 5 FRQ LTGICCCCG TS OHD MOV SE=
KFBG 010138Z 22002KT 4SM TS BR FEW010 SCT040CB BKN090 24/22
     A2976 RMK TWR VIS 5 FRQ LTGICCCCG TS SE MOV SE=
KFBG 010159Z VRB02KT 6SM TS BR FEW010 SCT040CB BKN090 24/22
     A2975 RMK FRQ LTGICCCCG TS SE MOV SE SLP073 8/970 9/420 WR//=
KFBG 010240Z 27006KT 7SM FEW010 SCT040CB 24/22 A2976 RMK FRQ
     LTGICCC SE-SW TS MOV SE CB S MOV SE=
KFBG 010259Z 26005KT 7SM SCT040 SCT080 24/21 A2976 RMK FRQ
     LTGICCC SE-S SLP075 CB MOV SE 60032 8/570 9/310 51029 WR//=

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