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The site seems a lot better. I can't remember what it was like when
Steve Loft took it over, a couple of years back.
(I was not best pleased.)

Well done Mr Loft.

http://weatherfaqs.org.uk/node/112

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On Dec 24, 1:19*pm, Weatherlawyer wrote:
The site seems a lot better. I can't remember what it was like when
Steve Loft took it over, a couple of years back.
(I was not best pleased.)

Well done Mr Loft.

http://weatherfaqs.org.uk/node/112

OOPS!

A knot is 2 metres per second then on the next page 80 knots is 40
metres per second.

Shouldn't that be 160m/s? Four times greater. (Or knot, as the case
may be.)

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Weatherlawyer wrote:
OOPS!

A knot is 2 metres per second then on the next page 80 knots is 40
metres per second.

Shouldn't that be 160m/s? Four times greater. (Or knot, as the case
may be.)

A knot is approx half a metre per second, so it's the first one that's
incorrect. Can you tell me which page that is on, please?
--
Steve Loft
Sanday, Orkney. 5m ASL. http://sanday.org.uk/weather
Free weather station softwa http://sandaysoft.com/
uk.sci.weather FAQs/glossary/etc: http://weatherfaqs.org.uk/

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Weatherlawyer wrote:
OOPS!

A knot is 2 metres per second then on the next page 80 knots is 40
metres per second.

Shouldn't that be 160m/s? Four times greater. (Or knot, as the case
may be.)


There is no problem with the FAQ as written/published.

The relevant section is this:-

" Wind speeds, where given, will be in knots (used in practical
observing / aviation forecasting) and metres/second. The relationship
between the two units is assumed to be knots=2*m/s, (etc) ...
[ http://weatherfaqs.org.uk/node/114 ]

The '*' symbol denotes 'times', thus the where a wind is originally
given in metres/second, to achieve the equivalent (but approximate)
knots, you multiply by 2.

If you want to re-write it to avoid confusion, you could write
something like .... " knots = approx. twice the value in metres/second
".

Martin.


--
Martin Rowley
West Moors, East Dorset (UK): 17m (56ft) amsl
Lat: 50.82N Long: 01.88W
NGR: SU 082 023

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Martin Rowley wrote:

There is no problem with the FAQ as written/published.

The relevant section is this:-

" Wind speeds, where given, will be in knots (used in practical
observing / aviation forecasting) and metres/second. The relationship
between the two units is assumed to be knots=2*m/s, (etc) ...
[ http://weatherfaqs.org.uk/node/114 ]

The '*' symbol denotes 'times', thus the where a wind is originally
given in metres/second, to achieve the equivalent (but approximate)
knots, you multiply by 2.

Thanks, Martin. I saw that page but could see that it was correct, so I
assumed the allegedly incorrect page must have been somewhere else.
--
Steve Loft
Sanday, Orkney. 5m ASL. http://sanday.org.uk/weather
Free weather station softwa http://sandaysoft.com/
uk.sci.weather FAQs/glossary/etc: http://weatherfaqs.org.uk/

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On Dec 24, 7:39*pm, Steve Loft wrote:
Martin Rowley wrote:

There is no problem with the FAQ as written/published.

The relevant section is this:-

" Wind speeds, where given, will be in knots (used in practical
observing / aviation forecasting) and metres/second. The relationship
between the two units is assumed to be knots=2*m/s, (etc) ...
[http://weatherfaqs.org.uk/node/114]

The '*' symbol denotes 'times', thus the where a wind is originally
given in metres/second, to achieve the equivalent (but approximate)
knots, you multiply by 2.

Thanks, Martin. I saw that page but could see that it was correct, so I
assumed the allegedly incorrect page must have been somewhere else.

I read it as 2xm/s.

The asterisk is the multiply key is it not?