High Wind Climatology

For one part of my Master's work I am constructing a "cool-season" (defined as the period between 1 October and 30 April) climatology of high winds for the Eastern United States from 15 October 1993 through 1 Jan 2009. A map of the domain of study can be found here: [LINK]

The following images (and loops) represent the percentage of total days between 15 October 1993 and 31 December 2008 that severe high wind occurred within a 0.5o x 0.5o box surrounding each 0.5o grid point. The loops show how the distributions change from month to month:
    Loop of the Monthly variability of All wind: [LINK]
    Gradient wind: [LINK]
    Loop of the Monthly variability of Gradient wind: [LINK]
    Thunderstorm wind: [LINK]
    Loop of the Monthly variability of Thunderstorm wind: [LINK]
The following images depict the monthly and hourly frequency of the initial Northeast report for events that impacted the Northeast:
    Monthly Frequency: [LINK]
    Hourly Frequency: [LINK]
The following image depicts the distribution of events based upon the number of reports the event accumulated:

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