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Beaufort

Knots

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Norwegian

Metres per Sec

0	0	Calm	Stille	0.0 – 0.2
1	1 – 3	Light air	Flau vind	0.3 – 1.5
2	4 – 6	Light breeze	Svak vind	1.6 – 3.3
3	7 – 10	Gentle breeze	Lett bris	3.4 – 5.4
4	11 – 16	Moderate breeze	Laber bris	5.5 – 7.9
6	17 – 21	Fresh breeze	Frisk bris	8.0 – 10.7
6	22 – 27	Strong breeze	Liten kuling	10.8 – 13.8
7	28 – 33	Near gale	Stiv kuling	13.9 – 17.1
8	34 – 40	Gale	Sterk kuling	17.2 – 20.7
9	41 – 47	Strong gale	Liten storm	20.8 – 24.4
10	48 – 55	Storm	Full storm	24.5 – 28.4
11	56 – 63	Violent storm	Sterk storm	28.5 – 32.6
12	64+	Hurricane	Orkan	32.7+

Rule of Thumbs:
To convert metres per second (m/s) into knots divide m/s by 2