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The Benefits
•Ships and Buoys provide coverage where there would otherwise be none •Reports near systems or areas provide a minimum speed or intensity for that system
On the plus side, we have a large number of buoys and ships giving us information in areas that are otherwise data free.  Buoys can give us accurate information in areas near the center of a tropical system, without endangering lives or assets.  We get an accurate intensity of the Minimum wind speeds and intensities of systems that pass near ships or buoys.  Minimum because the strongest speed associated with the system is not necessarily the speed experienced by our data source.  Depending on how close the system is to our available data, the actual intensity can be dramatically higher.