Wind speed table


BEAUFORT	Beaufort scale limits in:				Limits Rule Book III				Comparison
SCALE	m/s	km/h	mph	Knots	m/s	km/h	mph	CLASS	m/s	km/h	mph
0
									0	0.0	0.0
	0.2	0.7	0.4	0.4
1									1	3.6	2.2
					1.3	4.8	3	others
	1.5	5.4	3.4	2.9
					1.8	6.4	4	interm.	2	7.2	4.5
2					2.2	8.0	5	novice	3	10.8	6.7
	3.3	11.9	7.4	6.4
									4	14.4	8.9
3									5	18.0	11.2
	5.4	19.4	12.1	10.5
									6	21.6	13.4
4									7	25.2	15.7
	7.9	28.4	17.7	15.4
									8	28.8	17.9
5					8.9	32.2	20	novice	9	32.4	20.1
									10	36.0	22.4
	10.7	38.5	23.9	20.8
									11	39.6	24.6
6									12	43.2	26.8
									13	46.8	29.1
	13.8	49.7	30.9	26.8	13.4	48.3	30	others
									14	50.4	31.3
									15	54.0	33.6
7									16	57.6	35.8
									17	61.2	38.0
	17.1	61.6	38.3	33.2
									18	64.8	40.3
									19	68.4	42.5
8									20	72.0	44.7
	20.7	74.5	46.3	40.2
									21	75.6	47.0
									22	79.2	49.2
9									23	82.8	51.5
									24	86.4	53.7
	24.4	87.8	54.6	47.4
									25	90.0	55.9
									26	93.6	58.2
10									27	97.2	60.4
									28	100.8	62.6
	28.4	102.2	63.5	55.2

SPEED UNIT CONVERSION TABLE

m/s km/h mph knot

1 m/s - 3.60 2.24 1.94

1 km/h 0.28 - 0.62 0.54

1 mph 0.45 1.61 - 0.87

1 knot 0.51 1.85 1.15 -

"meter per second" is the

(international) standard unit for speed

1 knot 1 nautical mile per hour

mile 1609 m

mile (naut.) 1852 m

Hans Jansen op de Haar

e-mail: pr-stack@knoware.nl

SPEED UNIT CONVERSION TABLE
	m/s	km/h	mph	knot
1 m/s	-	3.60	2.24	1.94
1 km/h	0.28	-	0.62	0.54
1 mph	0.45	1.61	-	0.87
1 knot	0.51	1.85	1.15	-

"meter per second" is the
(international) standard unit for speed
1 knot	1 nautical mile per hour
mile	1609	m
mile (naut.)	1852	m