Check out this interactive map of wind speed showing the hurricane on the east coast right now:
You can click on the map to get the current wind speed. Thanks goes to Tom Lutgen at Burbank Water and Power for pointing this out.
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Southern California Government GIS User Group – Working together locally in GIS
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Props to Christine Elowitt for showing it to me. Really interesting this time of year. Rotate around and check out the Typhoon heading toward the Philippines.