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Wind Speed Comparison Table and Speed Conversion Equations 

Wind Label
Bft. Force
Wind-km/hour
 Wind-Knots
Wind-miles/hour
Wind-meters/sec
Ocean Condition
Acitivity
Calm
0
0-1
0-1
0-1
0-0.2
Mirror smooth
Go surf
Light Air
1
1-5
1-3
1-3
0.3-1.5
Scaly ripple
Go hike
Light Breeze
2
6-11
4-6
4-7
1.6-3.3
Small wavelets, glassy crests
Go bike
Gentle Breeze
3
12-19
7-10
8-12
3.4-5.4
Large wavelets with crests
16.0-20.0 sq.m kiting
Moderate Breeze
4
20-28
11-15
13-18
5.5-7.9
Small waves with crests
12.0-16.0 sq.m kiting
5
29-38
16-21
19-24
8.0-10.7
Moderate waves with crests
8.0-12.0  sq.m kiting
Strong Wind
6
39-49
22-27
25-31
10.8-13.8
Moderate waves with foam crests
4.0-8.0 sq.m kiting
Moderate Gale
7
50-61
28-33
32-38
13.9-17.1
White streaky foam blown from waves
Expert only kiting
Fresh Gale
8
62-74
34-40
39-46
17.2-20.7
High long waves, streaky foam
Expert only kiting
Strong Gale
9
75-88
41-47
47-54
20.8-24.4
High waves, dense foam
Stay home, watch DVD
Fierce Gale
10
89-102
48-54
55-63
24.5-28.4
Sea white, violent waves
Stay home, watch DVD
Storm
11
103-117
55-63
64-75
28.5-32.6
Sea white, violent waves
Stay home, watch DVD
Hurricane
12
118+
64+
76+
32.7-36.9
Low visibility, sea white, violent waves
Flash would go kiting
 
 

Wind Speed Conversion Equations

To convert between miles per hour (mph) and knots (kts):
Windkts = 0.868976 X Windmph
Windmph = 1.1507794 X Windkts
To convert between miles per hour (mph) and meters per second (m/s):
Windm/s = 0.44704 X Windmph
Windmph = 2.23694 X Windm/s
To convert between miles per hours (mph) and kilometers per hour (km/h):
Windkm/h = 1.609344 X Windmph
Windmph = 0.621371 X Windkm/h
To convert between knots (kts) and meters per second (m/s): Windm/s = 0.5144444 X Windkts
Windkts = 1.9438445 X Windm/s
To convert between knots (kts) and kilometers per hour (km/h):
Windkm/h = 1.852 X Windkts
Windkts = 0.5399568 X Windkm/h
To convert between meters per second (m/s) and kilometers per hour (km/h):
Windkm/h = 3.6 X Windm/s
Windm/s = 0.277778 X Windkm/h