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Re: Silicon Sea: Beaufort Wind Scale
From: Wm Pettyplace
Date: 2002 Oct 15, 14:33 -0500
From: Wm Pettyplace
Date: 2002 Oct 15, 14:33 -0500
The National Weather Service has been forecasting wind speed in MPH for quite a while now for all public forecasts, but knots are still used in marine and aviation forecasts, except visibility is in statute miles for aviation. A good percentage of the public didn't know what a knot was, or how to relate to it in MPH. Bill Pettyplace At 09:57 AM 10/15/02 -0700, you wrote: >On Tuesday, October 15, 2002, at 09:32 AM, Dan Hogan wrote: > >>Beaufort Scale of Wind Force > >Thanks; that's handy to have around. What is sad is most versions of >this >that I see published in today's reference works do not even give the >wind >speed in knots! They use MPH instead. > >Dan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bill Pettyplace NWS, Aviation Weather Center 816-584-7252 Office voice 7220 NW 101st Terrace, Rm 101 816-880-0650 Office FAX Kansas City, MO 64153-2371 816-582-1763 Cell w/voice mail 877-250-2242 Pager (New number) William.Pettyplace@noaa.gov ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
