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The Beaufort Scale

  • 14-09-2010 2:52pm
    #1
    nacho libre
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    Has anything above 12 ever been recorded at an Irish coastal station. Force 12 winds seems rare, even for Irish coastal regions during a storm, so I presume the answer is no. I'm guessing anything above force 12 only applies to regions that get extreme weather events.


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  • #2
    maquiladora
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    I don't think there is an "above 12" since 12 is as high as it goes. Everything over 64 knots is 12.


  • #3
    nacho libre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,374 ✭✭✭✭nacho libre


    hmm. i thought the scale was extended at some point. i'm probably wrong about that though.


  • #4
    maquiladora
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


    nacho libre wrote: »
    hmm. i thought the scale was extended at some point. i'm probably wrong about that though.

    Well yeah but it doesn't apply to us, only used in Taiwan and mainland China.

    The Beaufort scale was extended in 1946, when Forces 13 to 17 were added.[4] However, Forces 13 to 17 were intended to apply only to special cases, such as tropical cyclones. Nowadays, the extended scale is only used in Taiwan and mainland China, which are often affected by typhoons.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaufort_scale


  • #5
    maquiladora
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    archives-1974-1-12-0-0.png

    124 m.p.h. was recorded at Kilkeel in County Down, making it the highest sea-level wind speed recorded in Ireland.

    http://www.met.ie/climate/wind.asp


  • #6
    pauldry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,295 ✭✭✭pauldry


    Yes I was Christened on this day and my parents said that the pubs closed and trees blew down and there was no power, although that happened a lot in those days. They mentioned 1961 too and storm Debbie


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