wind force
Breeze's pushing strength
Wind force is a measure of wind strength, typically expressed on the Beaufort scale, which ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane).
Meteorologists and sailors use wind force to describe conditions: The forecast calls for wind force 6, a strong breeze.
The term also refers more generally to the physical pressure exerted by moving air.
- galeSevere sustained wind
- hurricaneViolent tropical windstorm
- breezeLight, gentle air movement
- stormSevere atmospheric disturbance
- typhoonWestern Pacific hurricane
gust · knots · velocity · violent storm · westerlies · jet stream · magnitude · anemometer · squall · Coriolis effect · cyclones · perfect storm · sail · howling · push · thrust · turbine · strong breeze
- windbreeze, gale, gust, gusts, crosswinds
- forcesgravity, electromagnetism, thrust, drag, friction
- Disaster ScalesRichter scale, hurricane category, category one, category four, category five