2 May 2012 #21 Evadne Well-Known Member Joined 27 Feb 2003 Messages 5,752 Location Hampshire, UK Visit site grendy said: Friends, the blessed Roger Taylor has vouchsafed the following information - or at least how he uses the terms anyway: Half gale = Force 7 Full gale = Force 8 Severe gale = Force 9 Storm = Force 10 Violent storm = Force 11 Hurricane = Force 12 (I had to promise him that all the members of the forum had undertaken to purchase his Mingming book in return for his reply - hope that's ok) Click to expand... IIRC an increase of +1 in Beaufort force means a doubling of the force exerted by the wind, so that makes sense.
grendy said: Friends, the blessed Roger Taylor has vouchsafed the following information - or at least how he uses the terms anyway: Half gale = Force 7 Full gale = Force 8 Severe gale = Force 9 Storm = Force 10 Violent storm = Force 11 Hurricane = Force 12 (I had to promise him that all the members of the forum had undertaken to purchase his Mingming book in return for his reply - hope that's ok) Click to expand... IIRC an increase of +1 in Beaufort force means a doubling of the force exerted by the wind, so that makes sense.
