136 mph at Alpental today?

For real?

[tt]MM/DD  Hour  Temp  Temp  Temp    RH    RH  Wind  Wind  Wind  Hour Total 24 Hr Total 24 Hr
         PST     F     F     F     %     %   Avg   Max  Dir. Prec. Prec.  Snow  Snow  Snow
             5470' 4350' 3100' 3100' 5470' 5520' 5520' 5520' 3100' 3100' 3100' 3100' 5470'

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  5 13  1500    36    40    44    93    99    31    73    62   .09   .41     0    61
  5 13  1400    36    41    44    93    99    30   136    76   .18   .32     0    66
  5 13  1300    42    45    52    76    88    20    40    44   .03   .14    -0    66[/tt]

The Times reported gusts to 45 at Alki yesterday afternoon...

Highly unstable, strong lapse rate, cu-nims collapsing with resulting strong gust fronts...  80+ mph reported on a few telemetry sites..  yeah, I'd say 136 is within the realm of reality under those conditions. 

I once watched a cu-nim collapse, late in the afternoon in the Antelope Valley of Eastern Oregon ~ it was an incredible sight when the still mushrooming cloud almost suddenly began caving in at it's 45k ft top and a few moments later burst through it's bottom ceiling at about 15k and continue to the desert floor ~ it happened so fast the 'cloud' didn't have a chance to evaporate before it hit the floor and kicked up a massive dust cloud front which began marching up the valley toward us.  We had our gliders setup on the valley rim about 15 miles away from it and contemplated our predicament ~ we speculated that it might dissipate but then realized there was no other outlet for the wind as it was rapidly funneled up the valley toward us, a massive wall of dust showing it's progress.  We began pulling battons like mad to get the gear disassembled and stowed.  We got all but one fully in the bags before the gust hit us, which went from dead calm to 60+ within 20 seconds.  A bunch of us piled onto that last glider, pinning it flat on the ground till the front past and gradually subsided.  They say if you could see the air, you'd never fly in it.  We all thought about it that day ~ then kicked off a 100 miler the next day...