Beaufort
Scale for gales
Beaufort is a proper name appearing in several geographic contexts, most notably Beaufort, South Carolina, a historic coastal city, and Beaufort, North Carolina, a fishing village.
The Beaufort scale, developed by British naval officer Sir Francis Beaufort in 1805, measures wind speed from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane force) and remains the standard system for describing wind conditions at sea.
The Beaufort Sea is part of the Arctic Ocean, north of Alaska and Canada.
Severe sustained wind
- stormSevere atmospheric disturbance
- hurricaneViolent tropical windstorm
- typhoonWestern Pacific hurricane
- cycloneRotating low-pressure storm system
knots · velocity · anemometer · force · calm · moderate · fresh · strong
Wind-propelled water travel
- seafaringTraveling by ocean vessel
- marinerOne who navigates ships
- currentDirected flow of charge
- ArcticEarth's northernmost zone
expedition · polar · exploration · ice · navigator · charting · passage · coast
gale
Severe sustained wind
- stormSevere atmospheric disturbance
- hurricaneViolent tropical windstorm
- typhoonWestern Pacific hurricane
cyclone · knots · velocity · anemometer · force · calm · moderate · fresh · strong · violent
sailing
Wind-propelled water travel
Arctic · expedition · polar · exploration · ice · navigator · charting · passage · coast · inlet
Carolina
Atlantic coast region
Gruyère
Protected Swiss alpine cheese
Emmental · wheel · rind · cave-aged · unpasteurized · cooperative · terroir · seasonal · pasture · chalet
Beaufortdead calm
Complete absence of wind
calm · still · windless · motionless · becalmed
Beaufortunmeasured
Not quantified or gauged
unquantified · guesswork · subjective · imprecise · vague