It could be a number of things: - the max gust didn't occur at the buoy; - the reported wind speed is a 10-min/1-hr mean or some other variation that wouldn't

It could be a number of things: - the max gust didn't occur at the buoy; - the reported wind speed is a 10-min/1-hr mean or some other variation that wouldn't show the peak gust; I really doubt that it's a limitation of the sensor.