Why are the touted wind speeds associated to tropical cyclones always double
and some times nearly triple the measured wind speeds? As with Hurricane
Charlie, I fail to see why the storm is reported as having 140mph sustained
wind with higher gusts, when the observed maximum wind gusts are but in the
70+ mph range and sustained winds much lower. This is not the first time
I've noticed this--more like the 1,000th.

David Salmon