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Old January 15th 08, 11:55 AM posted to uk.sci.weather
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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
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Old January 15th 08, 04:10 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
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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.

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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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