Berkeley encourages hills residents to leave area ahead of Sunday's wind event

SF Gate ^ | October 24, 2020 | by Dianne de Guzman

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Santa Ana winds
Also known as katabatic winds - you ought to experience them in Juneau, Alaska where I lived for 25 years. When it's clear and cold they really come ripping down the mountain, 100 knot gusts at times.

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"Also known as katabatic winds - you ought to experience them in Juneau, Alaska where I lived for 25 years. When it's clear and cold they really come ripping down the mountain, 100 knot gusts at times."

I had to go look.

Here's a video of a Katabatic wind. That's really something.

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That will blow the sugar out of your coffee - Juneau sits on saltwater at the base of a 5000 foot mountain with a huge ice field behind the peak.
Back in the 60's the weather service placed a wind gauge up on top that was supposed to withstand gusts of 200+ mph - when they checked in the spring, all of it was gone except the concrete pad, supposedly.