| Mortimer's face went red and he leaned forward to glower inches from Croft, the reek of his breath gusting in Croft's face. |
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| I was windbound on the lengthy sweep of a beach at Lumsden for six days due to strong, gusting, offshore winds. |
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| Winds gusting against a brawny sprinter riding a disc-wheel bike at 60 kph round a high bend are a recipe for disaster. |
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| She and her craft spent 10 hours in the grip of a storm with winds gusting up to 70 mph and mountainous seas which hurled her around the cabin. |
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| It was cold and dry, and their footprints were quickly obliterated by the powdery snow driven along by the gusting wind. |
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| The plane ditched 100m north of the rocks into a sea lashed by the gusting wind, and it took only seconds to sink. |
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| We were going to run more this afternoon, but with the wind gusting like it is, we decided it wasn't worth taking a chance. |
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| The ship was taking on big swells, and the wind was gusting across the deck. |
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| In France, 2,741 acres of woodland near Perpignan were reduced to ashes in a blaze fanned by a tramontane wind gusting up to 80 mph. |
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| Floridians are keeping a watchful eye on Hurricane Wilma, whose winds are now gusting at about 150 miles an hour. |
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| It started off as a clear, cold day but with moderate winds gusting from 15 to 20 knots. |
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| Winds gusting up to 100 mph felled hundreds of trees, tore roofs from houses, and blocked roads in southern North Island. |
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| The gusting wind muddied the open water of the exposed lake, and no activity was visible. |
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| Played in horrible conditions with gusting gales and sweeping rain this was never going to be a pretty affair. |
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| The wind gets up, gusting in from the Atlantic and rain starts to lash the windows. |
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| The wind was gusting between force 8 and 9 but they managed to reach the drifting vessel. |
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| The hurricane has claimed 65 lives with winds gusting up to 155 mph but Jamaica missed the worst of it. |
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| You could be a window washer on a skyscraper, and the anchor on your scaffold could break, just as the winds just gusting up to 30 miles an hour. |
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| Unfortunately, the heavy rain and gusting winds on Saturday put a damper on the day's events. |
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| Other than our voices, the only sound was that of the wind gusting through the junipers. |
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| The conditions at Telford Park were far from ideal for rugby, with a heavy pitch and a strong, gusting wind. |
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| Despite the gusting winds and hazardous visibility, the planes and helicopters kept flying. |
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| You would be flying along, at cruise, do nothing, and suddenly the glider would stall because of tail gusting. |
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| It was almost impossible to see out through the windscreen at times, with the wind gusting and the spray splashing up. |
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| The sounds of a music box shifted into gusting wind as one group of dancers exited upstage while another solemnly entered. |
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| Winds gusting up to 100 mph hit much of England and Wales, cutting off supplies to two million customers. |
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| However, the gusting wind in the region exposed the aircraft to control problems. |
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| With light rain dampening parts of the course, and a buffeting wind gusting off the river Moselle, back wheels skittered on corners and bounced on the cobbled avenues. |
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| At about five o'clock this morning we had the full force 11 gusting hurricane-force winds. |
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| Hot north-east winds gusting up to 75 kph resulted in erratic fire behaviour and two water bombers were bought in to reinforce suppression resources. |
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| This observation, taken at 2020, reported the wind to be from 220 degrees magnetic at 30 knots, gusting to 37 knots. |
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| Within one minute, the tower made a transmission on the same frequency including the information that the wind was gusting to 15 knots. |
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| Throughout the day, the wind at Powell River had been consistently from the east at speeds from 24 knots and gusting as high as 50 knots. |
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| The ceiling and visibility were good and the winds were from the west at 13 knots gusting to 20 knots. |
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| A transmission one minute later to another aircraft on the same radio frequency gave a wind of 240°M at 10 knots gusting to 15 knots. |
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| It was a dark night, overcast with rain and a strong south-easterly wind gusting up to 35 knots. |
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| Then quickly, the wind will strengthen to 25 knots, gusting to 35 in the afternoon,» explained Sylvain Mondon. |
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| It is likely that the barge capsized when the wind was gusting at its strongest. |
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| The storms brought winds gusting up to 90 miles per hour and pelted areas near the launch pad with hailstones. |
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| The conditions had a major influence on this game with a strong, gusting wind blowing up the field, bringing with it freezing showers of rain and hail. |
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| Huge gusting winds, roaring up off the cliff face of the Boomerang Range, blasted billows of fine powdery snow high into the air like a tormented geyser. |
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| There she tacked east to west in the lee of the island, and reported winds gusting to 60 knots from the west-northwest, and large to moderate seas. |
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| Despite the waves and gusting wind on the river, some riverside residents who witnessed the accident attempted a rescue, but the aircraft sank before they could reach it. |
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| At 0824, the pilot was given a wind of 230° at 10 knots gusting to 15 knots after indicating that he was planning to land east of the floodway, east of Winnipeg. |
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| The crew had been informed that the ceiling was 300 feet, visibility was a quarter of a mile in snow flurries, and the wind was from the southeast at 15 knots gusting to 20 knots. |
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| The fleet ran into winds gusting up to 40 knots last night, another opportunity for the crew to test the boat and surf down big waves under a pitch-black sky? not for the timid at heart! |
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| The winds were forecast to be from the west gusting to 30 knots. |
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| They called him Dizzy for clowning and frowning on stage and gusting up a musical hurricane with bebop lightning bolts thrown into the mix. |
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| The rain and gusting wind further impeded their vision by cluttering their goggles and forcing them to turn their heads away from the pounding rain drops. |
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| A gusting wind played a role after the cars were left standing. |
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| Peak winds in the San Fernando Valley were 16 mph to 20 mph, gusting to 30 mph. |
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| The skipper of Safran has been very reassuring, even with gales forecast in the zone, where Generali is hove to, under three reefs and staysail: 30 to 35 knot winds, gusting to 40 and heavy seas. |
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| Now, before Round 2 was half over, winds that had been gusting at thirty miles an hour started running thirty in low gear, gusting to forty and fifty. |
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| In-flight turbulence was moderate at the time and the wind was gusting. |
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| The weather observations taken by Environment Canada land stations, located in the area of operation of the tug, showed that 12 mm of rain fell in the hours preceding the capsizing, with easterly winds gusting to 41 knots. |
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| The first night spent in the rain will be even tougher, «with the wind increasing to 30 or 35 knots on average and gusting to 45 knots with 4 to 6 metre high waves. |
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| Wales were playing into the teeth of a biting wind that was gusting towards nearby Ballock Hill. |
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| British and Irish golfers, who would be links regulars for top amateur events, find themselves far removed from gusting winds and uneven bounces when taking up lucrative residence in Florida. |
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| Astronomers originally thought that the dust was made from winds gusting from cool, giant stars in the latter stages of their lives. |
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| Strong gusting wind conditions caused a sudden loss of head wind near the ground, a corresponding loss of lift, and an increase in the rate of descent. |
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| The wind won't necessarily be as strong as it was last weekend, but it's still gale-force when it's gusting up to 60mph. |
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| A kite surfer is in critical condition after he was hurled 70ft into the air by gusting winds at Aberavon Beach. |
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| The flight crew, however, had been advised of reports of moderate turbulence five minutes earlier and, after that, had been given two advisories of strong gusting wind. |
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| He was aware that the winds were gusting and variable in direction, and was able to maintain directional control of the helicopter downwind as he hover-taxied to avoid the brush pile. |
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| Wind velocity was recorded as southeast 17 knots gusting to 22 knots in one of these occurrences and at approximately 18 gusting to 28 knots in the second. |
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| The storms brought to an end a week of intense heat in the region, but also brought frequent and severe lightning and gusting winds. |
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| Winds reaching speeds of 55-65 kmph, gusting to 75 kmph, are likely to commence along and off the south Gujarat and Kerala coasts, besides Lakshadweep from today. |
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| A severe weather warning was made yesterday by the Met Eireann who warned that Munster and Leinster were most at risk from structural damage caused by the gusting winds. |
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| The forecast calls for winds gusting up to 40 miles per hour. |
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