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Martin Rowley writes:
"John Hall" wrote in message
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... you mean Q/A 2B.1 ... which has been there since May 1997 ;-(

Oops! Sorry, Martin. I wasn't online when I was writing that, so
couldn't check, and didn't recall such a question.
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... no, it was one I anticipated when the whole thing started. We had
the problem in 1987 of course because as others have pointed out, Force
12 is "Hurricane Force" in the Beaufort list - so we are always on a
hiding to nothing with that one.
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Yep. Having now read the answer in the FAQ, perhaps it might be clearer
if it explicitly included something to the effect that that Force 12 in
the Beaufort Scale is denoted as "Hurricane Force", even though very
rarely it can be reached in non-hurricane depressions. At the moment it
doesn't seem to mention the Beaufort Scale.
--
John Hall

"I am not young enough to know everything."
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)