Listen to the sound clip Are in excess of about 24 knots coming across the tollway at this time, which are a little bit higher than they were when Columbia touched down this morning. The winds at that time were in the area of between 7:00 to 10:00 knots at a steady pace. So the winds have picked up a little bit. This was something that was expected. The weather people told the operations crew that they could expect the winds to pick up somewhat as we got later into the afternoon, possibly getting up as high as. 25 wi... from Space Shuttle STS-3 Radio Comms: