The Beaufort Wind Force Scale measures wind speed and its observed effects on land and sea. Created by Sir Francis Beaufort, the scale ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane). Beaufort Scale Day, ...

A question came across my desk this week that I admittedly didn’t know too much about. So I did a little research and talked with local National Weather Service to get more information. It turned out ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Windy weather is in the short-term forecast. Meteorologist Adam Rutt talks about an aspect of windy weather that you may not have heard of before. Beyond severe weather and ...

A: The Beaufort scale is a method of estimating wind speed based on the general condition of the surface of a large body of water with respect to wind waves and swell. It is based on observation of ...

The Beaufort equivalent scale of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), used for decades to transform marine Beaufort estimates to surface wind speeds over the oceans, contains systematic errors ...

ABOUT a hundred years ago, Admiral Beaufort, having felt the want of some scheme by which the winds could be classified according to their force, devised a plan which has been in uninterrupted use ...