Beaufort wind scale

A system of code numbers from 0 to 12 classifying wind speeds into groups from 0-1 mile per hour or 0-1.6 kilometers per hour (Beaufort 0) to those over 75 miles per hour or 121 kilometers per hour (Beaufort 12).

Related terms:

• NRM wind scale
• storm wind
• Beaufort force
• geostrophic-wind scale
• hurricane-force wind
• Beaufort number
• Mercalli scale
• moderate gale
• whole gale
• Linke scale