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Criteria for wind definitions

Posted: Sun 11 Apr 2010 2:28 am
by wheels10
G'day all, present wind speed is 28.1kmh, average 27kmh ) Gusting to nearly 38kmh) this is described as a moderate breeze (F4) just wondering what the criteria is.....went surfing this morning nearly got blown of my board......haha
cheers wheels

Re: Criteria for wind definitions

Posted: Sun 11 Apr 2010 3:06 am
by beteljuice
Many references accross the net, wiki is as good as any :-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaufort_scale