The Beaufort scale
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| Beaufort |
Description |
Wave Height |
Knots |
Km/h |
Meters per seconds |
Miles per hour |
| 0 |
Calm |
0cm |
<1 |
<0 |
0- 0,2 |
<1 |
| 1 |
Light Air |
10cm |
1 - 3 |
2 - 6 |
0,3 - 1,5 |
1 - 3 |
| 2 |
Light
Breeze |
20cm |
4 - 6 |
6 - 12 |
1,6 - 3,3 |
4 - 7 |
| 3 |
Gentle Breeze |
60cm |
7 - 10 |
12 - 20 |
3,4 - 5,4 |
8 - 12 |
| 4 |
Moderate Breeze |
1m |
11 - 16 |
20 - 28 |
5,5 - 7,9 |
13 - 18 |
| 5 |
Fresh Breeze |
2m |
17 - 21 |
28 - 38 |
8,0 - 10,7 |
19 - 24 |
| 6 |
Strong
Breeze |
3m |
22 - 27 |
38 - 50 |
10,8 - 13,8 |
25 - 31 |
| 7 |
Near
Gale |
4m |
28 - 33 |
50 - 62 |
13,9 - 17,1 |
32 - 38 |
| 8 |
Gale |
5,5m |
34 - 40 |
62 - 74 |
17,2 - 20,7 |
39 - 46 |
| 9 |
Strong
Gale |
7m |
41 - 47 |
74 - 88 |
20,8 - 24,4 |
47 - 54 |
| 10 |
Storm |
9m |
48 - 55 |
88 - 102 |
24,5 - 28,4 |
55 - 63 |
| 11 |
Violent
Storm |
11,5m |
56 - 63 |
102 - 118 |
28,5 - 32,6 |
64 - 72 |
| 12 |
Hurricane |
14m |
>64 |
>118 |
>32,7 |
>73 |
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