The Beaufort scale (/ˈboʊfərt/ BOH-fərt) is an empirical measure that relates wind speed to observed conditions at sea or on land. Its full name is the...

hydrographer, the creator of the Beaufort cipher and the Beaufort scale, and a naval officer. Francis Beaufort was descended from French Protestant Huguenots,...

the Beaufort scale. The scale was tested from 1972 to 1975 and was made public at a meeting of the Royal Meteorological Society in 1975. The scale sets...

Beaufort may refer to: Beaufort (surname) House of Beaufort, English nobility Duke of Beaufort (England), a title in the peerage of England Duke of Beaufort...

to smoothly connect the Beaufort scale and the Mach number scale. F1 corresponds to the twelfth level of the Beaufort scale, and F12 corresponds to Mach...

creator of the Beaufort scale, namesake of the Beaufort Sea Louisa Beaufort (1781–1863), Irish antiquarian, author and artist Duke of Beaufort (England),...

2–4 m High wave 4.01 m + Beaufort scale Fujita scale Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale Sea state Significant wave height TORRO scale Owens, Edward H. (September...

63 mph; 28 m/s). The most common way of describing wind force is with the Beaufort scale which defines a gale as wind from 50 kilometres per hour (14 m/s) to...

Tropical cyclones portal Beaufort scale – Relates wind speed to observable conditions at sea and on land Enhanced Fujita scale – For tornado intensity...

based on certain areas. Weather portal Physics portal Beaufort scale International Fujita scale Lists of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks List of F4, EF4...

locations currently or imminently experiencing winds of gale force on the Beaufort scale. Gale warnings (and gale watches) allow mariners to take precautionary...

not exceed force 10 on the Beaufort scale and a Cyclone where the winds are either force 11 and 12 on the Beaufort scale. Between 1924 and 1988, tropical...

speeds. Historically, wind speeds have also been classified using the Beaufort scale, which is based on visual observations of specifically defined wind...

a true airspeed of 500 kn in standard conditions. Transport portal Beaufort scale Hull speed, which deals with theoretical estimates of practical maximum...

14 °F) combined with high wind speed (typically force 8 or above on the Beaufort scale) result in spray blown off the sea freezing immediately on contact with...

for Fujita. The scale was based on a relationship between the Beaufort scale and the Mach number scale; the low end of F1 on his scale corresponds to the...

Friendly, Alfred. Beaufort of the Admiralty. New York. Random House, 1977 Huler, Scott (2004). Defining the Wind: The Beaufort Scale, and How a 19th-Century...

design of ships and offshore structures.[citation needed] Beaufort scale Cross sea Douglas sea scale Bowditch, Nathaniel (1938), American Practical Navigator...

the Beaufort scale since it was designed by Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort by 1806, and is now classified a Category 1 on the Saffir–Simpson scale in the...

descriptions of winds taken from the Beaufort Scale. The Hong Kong levels, however, do not correspond to the Beaufort Scale, which has 12 levels. The lowest...

33 knots), encompassing the combined ranges of forces 6 and 7 on the Beaufort scale. Winds strong enough to trigger a small craft advisory may be referred...

variously defined based on speed. In the modern Beaufort scale, a gale is any sustained wind of Beaufort number 7 or greater, corresponding to near gale...

warning flag indicating wind forces 10–12, the highest intensity on the Beaufort scale. Joel has stated in recent Sirius XM segments that he was inspired by...

keyboard F6, a theoretical level on the Fujita scale of tornado strength Force 6, a level on the Beaufort scale of windspeed F6, the octave name for the F...

Lady Margaret Beaufort (pronounced /ˈboʊfərt/ BOH-fərt or /ˈbjuːfərt/ BEW-fərt; 31 May 1443 – 29 June 1509) was a major figure in the Wars of the Roses...

allows them to gauge the strength of the wind. Air masses Apparent wind Beaufort scale Wind fetch Wind power Wind rose Wind transducer Yamartino method for...

entrepreneurship discovered by Richard Cantillon. 1805: Beaufort scale invented by Francis Beaufort. 1809: Milk of Magnesia discovered by James Murray. 1813:...

is considered to be designed for winds that may exceed wind force 8 (Beaufort scale) and significant wave height of 4 m and above but excluding abnormal...

burst is expressed in meters per second (m/s) or in knots, while the Beaufort scale is used for reporting the mean speed. When the maximum speed exceeds...

Force eight is the first wind strength attributed to a gale on the Beaufort scale when announced on a Shipping Forecast. Sailors and civilians alike from...