QUESTION:
I've read that the wind speed can increase greatly during the Martian
winters.  What type of wind speeds can we expect?  When can we expect the
Sagan Memorial Station to experience these high winds, and will it (and the
rover) survive them?

ANSWER from Bob Haberle on November 10, 1997:
Based on our Viking experience, Pathfinder can expect winter winds that
could gust up to 30 m/s (~60 mph). The spacecraft is certainly able to
survive such winds as would be the Sojourner rover. However, we will
probably never know if such winds actually materialized since we have lost
communication with Patfhinder and suspect that we will never be able to
restablish a link. It appears that the mission is over.

Robert M. Haberle
Space Science Division
NASA Ames Research Center