BEAUFORT SCALE

SECTORS CORRESPONDING TO EACH WIND. (in sexagesimal degrees)

Grau Catalan m/s Kt (knots) Km/h Spanish english french
GRAU 0 calm 0 – 0.2 less than 1 0 – 2 calm calm calm
GRAU 1 fan 0.3 – 1.5 1-3 2 – 6 fan light air very light breeze
GRAU 2 light wind 1.6 – 3.3 4 – 6 7 – 11 very weak breeze light breeze light
GRAU 3 light wind 3.4 – 5.4 7 – 10 12 – 19 weak, lazy breeze gentle breeze gentle breeze
GRAU 4 moderate wind 5.5 – 7.9 11 – 16 20 – 29 good, moderate breeze moderate breeze nice breeze
GRAU 5 cool wind 8.0 – 10.7 17 – 21 30 – 39 cool breeze, cool fresh breeze good breeze
GRAU 6 fresh wind 10.8 – 13.8 22 – 27 40 – 50 strong breeze, moderate strong breeze cool wind
GRAU 7 Strong wind 13.9 – 17.1 28 – 33 51 – 61 cool, strong wind near gale great expense
GRAU 8 temporal 17.2 – 20.7 34 – 40 62 – 74 temporal gale Gale
GRAU 9 temporal fort 20.8 – 24.4 41 – 47 75 – 87 strong storm strong gale strong gust of wind
GRAU 10 very strong storm 24.5 – 28.4 48 – 55 88 – 101 hard storm storm storm
GRAU 11 temporal violent 28.5 – 32.6 56 – 63 102 – 117 very hard storm violent storm violent storm
GRAU 12 hurricane more than 32.7 over 64 more than 118 temporal huracanado hurricane hurricane
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