Ano Liosia Weather
White sun, black day
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Beaufort number |
Speed in knots |
Description |
Beschrijving |
Sea conditions |
Wave height in meter |
Land conditions |
0 |
<1 |
Calm |
Stil |
Flat |
- |
Calm. Smoke rises vertically |
1 |
1-3 |
Light air |
Zwakke wind |
Ripples without crests |
0,0 |
Wind motion visible in smoke |
2 |
4-6 |
Light breeze |
Zwakke wind |
Small wavelets. Crests of glassy appearance, not breaking |
0,1 |
Wind felt on exposed skin. Leaves rustle |
3 |
7-10 |
Gentle breeze |
Matige wind |
Large wavelets. Crests begin to break; scattered whitecaps |
0,4 |
Leaves and smaller twigs in constant motion |
4 |
11-16 |
Moderate breeze |
Matige wind |
Small waves |
1 |
Dust and loose paper raised. Small branches begin to move |
5 |
17-21 |
Fresh breeze |
Vrij krachtige wind |
Moderate (1.2 m) longer waves. Some foam and spray |
2 |
Smaller trees sway |
6 |
22-27 |
Strong breeze |
Krachtige wind |
Large waves with foam crests and some spray |
3 |
Large branches in motion. Whistling heard in overhead wires.
Umbrella use becomes difficult |
7 |
28-33 |
Near gale |
Harde wind |
Sea heaps up and foam begins to streak |
4 |
Whole trees in motion. Effort needed to walk against the wind |
8 |
34-40 |
Gale |
Stormachtig |
Moderately high waves with breaking crests forming spindrift.
Streaks of foam |
5,5 |
Twigs broken from trees. Cars veer on road |
9 |
41-47 |
Strong gale |
Storm |
High waves (2.75 m) with dense foam. Wave crests start to roll over.
Considerable spray |
7 |
Light structure damage |
10 |
48--55 |
Storm |
Zware storm |
Very high waves. The sea surface is white and there is considerable
tumbling. Visibility is reduced |
9 |
Trees uprooted Considerable structural damage |
11 |
56-63 |
Violent storm |
Zeer zware storm |
Exceptionally high waves |
11,5 |
Widespread structural damage |
12 |
>64 |
Hurricane |
Orkaan |
Huge waves. Air filled with foam and spray. Sea completely white
with driving spray. Visibility very greatly reduced |
14+ |
Considerable and widespread damage to structures |
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