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  New England hurricane of 1938   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In its early stages the storm center traveled about fifteen to twenty miles an hour in such a direction that it was expected to hit the southeast coast of the United States.
The highest wind velocity at any one moment was 183 miles (294 kilometers) per hour, at the Blue Hill Observatory, Milton, Mass., where a sustained five-minute velocity of 121 miles (195 kilometers) per hour also was recorded.
Velocities considerably over 100 miles (161 kilometrers) per hour were reported at many stations in the path of the hurricane.
www.worldbook.com /wc/features/hurricanes/html/1938.htm   (233 words)

  
 Physics and Astronomy Forums - A 'fly' inside an airplane
The airplane is moving at 1000 kilometers per hour.
If the fly were to have a large side cross-sectional view of its situation, it would see that the plane is moving at 1000 kilometers per hour, and in 70 seconds, has travelled about 19 kilometers.
It is only travelling 3 kph in its own reference frame, but since it defines the plane as 0 kph, it can easily surpass the plane's speed.
www.physlink.com /Community/Forums/printthread.cfm?Forum=10&Topic=1437   (922 words)

  
 John F. Kennedy Space Center - Landing the Space Shuttle Orbiter at KSC
As the speed decreases to about 185 knots or 185 nautical miles per hour (343 kilometers per hour), the nose of the orbiter begins to pitch down.
At about the time the nose gear tires make contact with the runway, at around 160 knots or 160 nautical miles per hour (296 kilometers per hour), the chute disreefs and becomes fully inflated, thus creating a drag force to rapidly slow down the orbiter while providing a safety margin during the rollout.
At approximately 30 knots or 30 nautical miles per hour (56 kilometers per hour), the chute has completed its function and disconnects from the orbiter, which rolls to a stop using its brakes.
www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov /kscpao/nasafact/landingchute.htm   (223 words)

  
 Wolfsburg West, Volkswagen parts for vw beetle, bus, bug
Both kilometers per hour and miles per hour versions are depicted.
Starting in May 1961, all European destined Buses are equipped with a red line inscribed onto the 50 kilometer per hour mark, which served as a reminder for European local speed limits.
In January 1969, a 10th's digit was added to both miles per hour and kilometers per hour speedometers.
www.wolfsburgwest.com /wired/wired_03_00/wired_03_00.htm   (895 words)

  
 Mars Exploration Rover Mission: Features
"However, at the end of this phase, we're still traveling at 1,600 kilometers per hour (1,000 miles per hour), but now we have only 100 seconds left and are at the altitude that a commercial airliner typically flies.
A parachute opens to slow the spacecraft down to 'only' 321 kilometers per hour (200 miles per hour), but now we have only 6 seconds left and are only 91 meters (100 yards) off the ground.
It hits the ground at 48 kilometers per hour (30 miles per hour) or 80 kilometers per hour (50 miles per hour) if it is windy.
marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov /spotlight/challengesRover01.html   (838 words)

  
 CNN.com - New cyclones batter Asia - July 9, 2002
Taiwan issued sea and land warnings Tuesday as Tropical Storm Nakri moved with winds of 65 kilometers per hour (41 miles per hour) and gusts of up to 90 kilometers per hour (56 mph).
With winds of 180 kilometers per hour (112 mph) and gusts of 215 kilometers per hour (134 mph), Chataan is the most powerful of the tropical cyclones currently affecting the region.
A third cyclone, Tropical Storm Halong is moving in the general direction of Guam and Saipan in the Southern Marianas, with winds of 80 kilometers per hour (49 mph).
archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/east/07/09/taiwan.typhoon   (471 words)

  
 Weather Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The name for a tropical cyclone with sustained winds of 74 miles per hour (65 knots) or greater in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and in the eastern North Pacific Ocean.
A knot is equivalent to 1.151 statute miles per hour or 1.852 kilometers per hour.
In observing, it is measured in knots, or nautical miles per hour.
www.nkelectronics.com /ww/info/infoindex.html   (6058 words)

  
 EPA: Federal Register: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; FMVSS 101--Technical Correction--Speedometer Display
The effect of this language is to allow speedometers labeled in miles per hour (MPH) alone, kilometers per hour (km/h) alone, or both miles and kilometers per hour.
The intent was to require speedometer display in miles per hour, and to allow the addition of kilometers per hour at the option of the manufacturer.
The intent of the standard is to require speedometer display in miles per hour (MPH), and to allow the addition of kilometers per hour (km/h) to MPH at the option of the manufacturer.
www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2000/May/Day-15/i11493.htm   (1235 words)

  
 How long would it take to get to the nearest star?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Galileo probe managed to get to about 106,000 miles per hour and currently holds the record for the fastest speed ever achieved by an artificial body.
Its cruising speed is closer to 33,000 miles (53,100 kilometers) per hour.
At a speed of 150,000 miles per hour from a passive slingshot maneuver, it would take about 17,900 years to reach this star.
www.astronomycafe.net /qadir/q306.html   (689 words)

  
 2 tropical depressions to bring more rains - Aug. 20, 2003
TROPICAL depression "Lakay" has intensified, will remain almost stationary for the next 24 hours and is expected to bring more rains and winds in Luzon and in the Visayas, the weather bureau said Tuesday.
Satellite information showed Manang had maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers per hour near the center and was moving northwest at 20 kilometers per hour, it said.
Tuesday, Lakay's winds had intensified to a maximum of 55 kilometers per hour near the center.
www.inq7.net /brk/2003/aug/20/brkoth_1-1.htm   (233 words)

  
 TPS HEADLINE FOR 08/25/97
The probe measured winds that increased from 192 to 400 miles (309 to 644 kilometers) per hour during descent.
Wind speed was 192 miles per hour at eight miles above the cloud tops, rose to 391 miles per hour at 28 miles down, and stayed between 380 and 390 miles per hour down to about 80 miles, the end of wind measurements.
Independent of the radio tracking, Seiff measured the winds using two accelerometers on board the craft that reported speeds from 400 miles per hour to 450 miles per hour.
www.planetary.org /html/news/articlearchive/headlines/1997/headln-082597.html   (988 words)

  
 Ch. 1 Study Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The statement that the motion of a hurricane is 20 kilometers per hour in an easterly direction is a description of the hurricane’s ____________________.
A speed of 15 kilometers per hour is abbreviated as 15 ____________________.
The abbreviation of the unit of acceleration (meters per second per second) is ____________________.
www.eureka-usd.k12.ca.us /OJHS/Science8/ch1sg.htm   (808 words)

  
 Using Setter Methods, An Example   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
New York A45 636 is moving at 10.0 kilometers per hour.
New York A45 636 is moving at 20.0 kilometers per hour.
New York A45 636 is moving at 30.0 kilometers per hour.
www.ibiblio.org /javafaq/course/week3/15.html   (179 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The given routines create tables to convert speeds (kilometers per hour to Miles per hour) and also to convert Gallons to Liters.
While kph is less than or equal to 120 the equivalent mph (miles per hour) is computed, both are output and the kph is incremented by 10.
KPH MPH 0 0.0 10 6.25 20 12.5 30 18.75 40 25.0 50 31.25 60 37.5 70 43.75 80 50.0 90 56.25 100 62.5 110 68.75 120 75.0
www.csun.edu /~jmotil/OberonConvertDoc.html   (332 words)

  
 ASP: Up, Up, and Away
At an altitude of 200 kilometers (120 miles), a satellite zips by at 28,000 kilometers per hour, completing one orbit every 90 minutes.
At an altitude of 35,800 kilometers (22,200 miles), a satellite travels at a more modest 11,100 kilometers per hour, completing one orbit every 24 hours.
A point on the equator is already moving east at 1,670 kilometers per hour (1,035 miles per hour).
www.astrosociety.org /education/publications/tnl/34/space2.html   (1385 words)

  
 news release
According to the German Federal Ministry of Traffic, Construction and Housing, the increases take place for speeding in excess of 40 kilometers per hour by a truck, bus or vehicle with trailer or when in excess of more than 50 kilometers per hour with a car or motorcycle.
Owners of a lead foot exceeding the speed limit by 51 or more kilometers per hour will be fined at least 300 marks and will receive a driving prohibition for at least a month.
Punishments increase significantly in 10 kilometer per hour increments by hundreds of marks and more months without a license.
www.hqusareur.army.mil /htmlinks/Press_Releases/2K/April/20000427-2.htm   (273 words)

  
 INGLES GRANMA INTERNACIONAL DIGITAL, CUBA
THE center of hurricane Isidore, with sustained winds of 165 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 200 kilometers, has passed the Isle of Youth at a distance of 65 kilometers.
Cuban television informed that widespread damage is expected on the Isle of Youth, especially in the city of Nueva Gerona, the municipality’s capital, and in Santa Fe, where gusts of 109 and 130 kilometers per hour were felt respectively, with sustained winds of 86 kilometers per hour.
As part of the preventative measures, 5,000 high school and polytechnic students have been evacuated, and a further 7,000 persons from the southern town of Cocodrilo, in close proximity to the sea.
www.granma.cu /INGLES/septiembre02/vie20/39isidor-i.html   (252 words)

  
 CVO Website - Sarna-Wojcicki, et.al., 1981, Areal Distribution, Thickness, Mass, Volume, and Grain Size of Air-Fall Ash ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The average vertical rate of ascent of the column between 0838 and 0842 is 44 meters per second, or about 160 kilometers per hour.
Because the 250-kilometer per hour velocity represents an average over the first 13 minutes, and because the plume-front velocity decreased after the first 13 minutes, velocities of the expanding ash cloud in the first few minutes of the eruption must have been much greater.
Average velocities of the ash-plume front over the first 13 minutes, as calculated from satellite photographs, were only about 220 kilometers per hour in the direction of the prevailing wind, about 185 kilometers per hour northward, about 150 kilometers per hour northwestward, and zero to the south and southwest.
vulcan.wr.usgs.gov /Volcanoes/MSH/Publications/PP1250/SarnaWojcickiOthers2/ash_may18.html   (1095 words)

  
 John F. Kennedy Space Center - Landing the Space Shuttle Orbiter at KSC
Crosswinds must not be greater than 15 knots or 15 nautical miles per hour (17 statute miles/28 kilometers per hour) if it is a daytime landing, and 12 knots or 12 nautical miles per hour (14 statute miles/22 kilometers per hour) if it is a nighttime landing.
In more restrictive landings — because of weight or mission duration, for example — crosswinds must not exceed 12 knots or 12 nautical miles per hour (14 statute miles/22 kilometers per hour).
Thunderstorms within 30 nautical miles (34.5 statute miles/56 kilometers) and/or rain within 30 nautical miles (34.5 statute miles/56 kilometers) also are landing constraints.
www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov /kscpao/nasafact/landingwthr.htm   (381 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Right on the money is where Deep Impact has to be to place a 1-meter- long (39-inch) impactor spacecraft in the path of a comet about as big as the island of Manhattan that is bearing down on it at 37,100 kilometers per hour (6.3 miles per second).
At the same time, from a very comet-intimate distance of 500 kilometers (310 miles), a flyby spacecraft will be monitoring the event.
A duplicate of the Medium Resolution Instrument on the impactor will record the vehicle's final moments before it is run over by comet Tempel 1 at a speed of about 37,100 kilometers per hour (23,000 miles per hour).
www.physorg.com /printnews.php?newsid=4116   (452 words)

  
 What is a Hurricane?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
A hurricane is a powerful, whirling storm that measures 200 to 300 miles (320 to 480 kilometers) in diameter.
The winds near the center of a hurricane blow at speeds of 74 miles (119 kilometers) per hour or more.
Easterly waves may grow into a tropical depression, with winds of up to 31 miles (50 kilometers) per hour; then into a tropical storm, with winds of up to 73 miles (117.5 kilometers) per hour; and finally, into a hurricane.
www.worldbook.com /features/hurricanes/html/hurricane.htm   (306 words)

  
 CNN.com - Hurricane Fabian stays strong in Atlantic - Sep. 1, 2003
EDT Monday, the eye of Fabian was about 335 miles (540 kilometers) east-northeast of Barbuda in the northern Leewards and was moving west near 12 mph (19 kilometers per hour), forecasters said.
Fabian's maximum sustained winds were at 140 mph (225 kilometers per hour), with higher gusts.
The Central Pacific Hurricane Center in Honolulu said the storm was zipping to the west-southwest at 17 mph (27 kilometers) at 5 a.m.
cnn.com /2003/WEATHER/08/31/fabian   (394 words)

  
 Zinos.com - eZine digest and database
Consequently, they are virtually impalpable though they move at speeds of up to 700 kilometers per hour.
On April 24, 1771, a tsunami caused by an underwater earthquake struck the Japanese island of Ishigaki (in the Ryuku chain).
An area of 240X60 kilometers sank by 1-3 meters and was flooded as a nearby river rushed in.
zinos.com /f/z/scan/se=AR011078/sp=view_article/rs=yes/go.html   (1658 words)

  
 FLOW RATE CALCULATOR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Unlike other calculators, you are NOT confined to inputting diameter in inches, velocity in miles per hour, etc. making this calculator quite versatile.
Water is flowing at 36 inches per second and at a rate of 1.0472 cubic feet per second.
Water is flowing through a 2 foot diameter pipe, at a rate of 20 inches per second.
www.1728.com /flowrate.htm   (412 words)

  
 Sun.Star Breaking News: Typhoon Unding moves away from RP (3:05 p.m.)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Sunday, the center of the typhoon is located at 330 kilometers west of Coron in Northern Palawan.
The typhoon is moving southwest at 17 kilometers per hour.
Typhoon Unding has strongest sustained winds of 110 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 140 kilometers per hour.
www.sunstar.com.ph /static/net/2004/11/21/typhoon.unding.moves.away.from.rp.(3.05.p.m.).html   (198 words)

  
 UFO ROUNDUP, Volume 3, Number 18   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The UFO dodged the Dutch fighters, increasing its speed to 24,000 miles per hour (38,400 kilometers per hour), and shot away to the northeast, heading for the Atlantic Ocean.
The object traveled at one kilometer per second, or 3,600 kilometers per hour (2,160 miles per hour).
Speed was about 5,000 kilometers per hour (3,000 miles per hour) and a second group passed by 20 seconds later." Plotting their course on a map, Taylor calculated that an unchanged course would take the UFOs to Sydney or Katoomba, N.S.W. Grafton is located 400 kilometers (250 miles) north of Sydney.
www.virtuallystrange.net /ufo/updates/1998/may/m05-015.shtml   (2308 words)

  
 Status Update August 10, 1998 18:31 CDT (23:31 UTC)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Fossett is approximately 1,800 miles (28,962 kilometers) away from the coast of Africa.
He is moving at a speed of 112 miles per hour (180.8 kilometers per hour) and has traveled a total distance of 3,860 miles (6,213 kilometers) from his starting point in Mendoza, Argentina.
His speed is expected to increase to 130-140 miles per hour (209 to 225 kilometers per hour) as he enters an area of higher-velocity winds later this afternoon.
solospirit.wustl.edu /solospirit2/status/ud_1998-08-10T23-31Z.htm   (208 words)

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