Can you name the Wind Speed Descriptors?

created by BenJJ
  • Enter a Wind descripton in the box below
  • Correctly named Wind descriptons will show up below
  • Answers do not have to be guessed in order
  • Source: Met Office
  • So you've guessed all the shipping forecast areas? But what do all the figures mean? And there are warnings of gales in Thames, Wight, Plymouth... South East Iceland... Beaufort scale descriptions
  • Also try: Shipping Forecast Areas
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Beaufort ScaleWind DescriptorsMax Wind Speed (kts)
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11–3
24–6
37–10
411–16
517–21
622–27
Beaufort ScaleWind DescriptorsMax Wind Speed (kts)
728–33
834–40
941–47
1048–55
1156–63
1264+
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Windy... warning of gales... Quiz

  1. by BenJJ
  • Created Jan 6, 2012 in Geography
  • Game Plays 14

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