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Except the average lanlubber then goes away thinking that a much lower
mean wind speed is a "gale" when it isn't. You do have to think twice about going out in a gale, most places in Britain rarely have real gales. I think that's the main point. Gales are damaging, and the word is becoming totally devalued. Graham Penzance www.easterling.freeserve.co.uk/PzStorm.PDF |
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On Jan 15, 10:34*am, "Dave Liquorice" wrote:
In my own weather diary, when referring to gusts associated with showers or thunderstorms, I always use Beaufort , eg "heavy shower, gusts to force 7", or "gust to force 8 when cold front went through 2130Z". Will I burn in hell for this? I don't know but it might come back to haunt you is that "gust to force 8" a 39mph gust or 46mph one? "Gusts to force 7" is that a few just above 32mph, most between 32 and 38 mph with none above 39,are there a few above 39, how many how far? I'm not expecting precision, I normaly use low/mid/upper tens mph for gust speeds. -- Cheers * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dave. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * pam is missing e-mail I've no idea and not in the least bothered by it. I haven't got an anemometer. For me the Beaufort force is a shorthand descriptive term for a phenomenon generally observed through a window and may well be in error. Too bad, but it's the best I can do and it's how I've always thought of wind speeds. The same non-instrumental estimates apply to rainfall rates and cloud heights. Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey. |
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