{"id":1251,"date":"2020-10-11T16:05:46","date_gmt":"2020-10-11T16:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=1251"},"modified":"2020-10-16T16:14:04","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T16:14:04","slug":"wind-classification","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wind-classification\/","title":{"rendered":"Wind classification"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1251\" class=\"elementor elementor-1251\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c65b8ac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c65b8ac\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-46049d5\" 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data-id=\"e83b8f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Winds<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52ba621 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-nav-menu\" data-id=\"52ba621\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"jet-nav-wrap m-layout-mobile\"><div class=\"menu-winds-container\"><div class=\"jet-nav m-layout-mobile jet-nav--vertical jet-nav--vertical-sub-left-side\"><div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1285 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/introduction-to-winds\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Introduction to winds<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1284 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/how-do-winds-form\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">How do winds form?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1283 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wind-classification\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Wind classification<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1282 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/types-of-winds\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Types of winds<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1281 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/the-coriolis-effect\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">The Coriolis effect?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1280 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/land-and-sea-breeze\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Land and sea breeze<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1279 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/mountain-and-valley-breeze\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Mountain and valley breeze<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1278 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/how-are-winds-measured\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">How are winds measured?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1277 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wind-terminology\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Wind terminology<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9613ee 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data-id=\"d0d96bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"attachment_1320\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1320\" style=\"width: 183px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1320\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/gentle-winds.jpg\" alt=\"Calm air\" width=\"183\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/gentle-winds.jpg 183w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/gentle-winds-139x300.jpg 139w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Calm air<\/figcaption><\/figure><h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Classification of winds<\/span><\/strong><\/h3><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Winds may be calm, gentle, moderate, strong, or gale. Some countries have slightly different names for each of them, and some even have more classifications between each. Let us look at these five basic classes.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Calm air<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Generally, those are felt as airy conditions. This class is not enough, even to fly a feather kite. It is also called light wind, and it has a speed of about 1km\/hr. Calm air will be noticed by smoke rising vertically from a chimney. They have a Beaufort Number 0.<\/span><\/p><p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Gentle Breeze<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Gentle breezes have speeds of about 12-20km\/hr. They are called Gentle-Moderate Winds in the USA. Leaves and small twigs would be constantly moving with gentle breezes. They have a Beaufort Number 3.<\/span><\/p><p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Moderate winds<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Moderate winds have speeds of about 20-38km\/hr. They are enough to fly a kite and keep it going higher and higher. They can cause moderate waves with whitecaps on the sea and make trees whistle.<\/span><\/p><p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Strong winds<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Strong winds are also called gale in the USA. They have speeds of about 62-74km\/hr. They can cause high waves over the seas and break off twigs and small branches from trees. They have a Beaufort number of 8.<\/span><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_1318\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1318\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1318\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/how-do-strong-winds-form.jpg\" alt=\"What are Strong Winds? How do they form?\" width=\"570\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/how-do-strong-winds-form.jpg 570w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/how-do-strong-winds-form-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1318\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What are Strong Winds? How do they form?<\/figcaption><\/figure><p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Gale winds<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Gale winds have speeds of about 75km\/hr and more. They can be very destructive, and they carry lots of broken branches and twigs from trees. They cause high tidal waves and rolling seas. 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