moderate breeze

Light but steady

Moderate breeze is a designation on the Beaufort scale of wind strength, a scale that predates the invention of the anemometer and uses the observed effects of wind on land and sea to characterize its strength.

A moderate breeze is a wind of 13-18 mph (21-29 km/h) and is strong enough to raise dust and loose paper and to move small tree branches.

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light wind · invigorating · gentle · fresh air · refreshing · fair weather · gust · brisk · temperate · wind chill · steady · wind direction · prevailing winds · pressure gradient · mild · weather front · trade winds · wind chimes

Opposites
wind intensity

moderate breezegale

Severe sustained wind

hurricane · storm · dead calm · calm · still air

perceptibility/impact

moderate breezedead calm

Complete absence of wind

stillness · calm · windlessness · stagnant air · still

Family

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