Beaufort scale
Empirical measure describing wind speed based on observed conditions / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Beaufort scale /ˈboʊfərt/ is an empirical measure that relates wind speed to observed conditions at sea or on land. Its full name is the Beaufort wind force scale.