Short Communication Further note on directional assessment of extreme winds for design

We review a method for the directional analysis of extreme winds, proposed in this journal in 1983, and extend it to include correction of anemograph exposure by direction. We correct an error in a critical parameter of the previous work and discuss the possible consequences of this error for design in the UK. We present new evidence for a geographic variation of the correlation of extreme wind speeds between adjacent directional sectors but can offer only a tentative explanation for this observation. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.