Beaufort wind scale


Beaufort wind scale

[′bō·fərt ′wind ‚skāl] (meteorology) 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).