beaufort scale in English
noun
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a scale of wind speed based on a visual estimation of the wind's effects, ranging from force 0 (less than 1 knot or 1 km/h, “calm”) to force 12 (64 knots or 118 km/h and above, “hurricane”).
Typhoon Rananim brought hurricanes of force 12 on the Beaufort scale when it landed.
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1. The original scale as derived by Fujita was a theoretical 13-level scale (F0–F12) designed to smoothly connect the Beaufort scale and the Mach number scale.