Go get a sheet of plywood and try to hold it up in 40mph gusts...get back to us.

You are the plywood and you moving 20mph into a 20mph head wind in a full upright position is that 40mph battle...does that make sense?

The misconception is that you have to ride in the drops and that you will be all hunched over. The fact is most people ride on the hoods and that usually about the same positions as a straight bar with bar ends if you are on a road bike (not a race bike) . Fact is my seat to bar height on my Touring bike is better then it is on my Mountain bike.
When you got that 20mph head wind then you have the option to get into the drops and reduce your aerodynamic profile.