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The Beaufort scale is an empirical

Empirical


The word empirical denotes information gained by means of observation, experience, or experiment, as opposed to theory. A central concept in science and the scientific method is that all evidence must be empirical, or empirically based, that is, dependent on evidence or Logical consequence that are observable by the senses....
measure for describing wind

WIND


The Global Geospace Science WIND satellite is a NASA science spacecraft launched at 04:31:00 EST on November 1, 1994 from launch pad 17B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Merritt_Island%2C_Florida, Florida aboard a McDonnell Douglas Delta II 7925-10 rocket....
speed

Wind speed


Wind speed is the speed of wind, the movement of air or other gases in an atmosphere. It is a scalar quantity, the magnitude of the Vector of motion....
based mainly on observed sea conditions. Its full name is the Beaufort wind force scale

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What is the scale used for measuring the force of wind on a scale of one to twelve?

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Sir Frances Beautort invented the Beaufort scale for measuring wind speeds.


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Force 12 is hurricane force.


What does the Beaufort scale rank?

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What force number on the Beaufort Scale is labeled as a hurricane?

9


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