The Beaufort Scale is a way of explaining wind velocity and has been around since it was created by Sir Francis Beaufort in 1805 it is used in referring to wind speed in the Shipping Forecast .
Today the weather Davis Vantage Pro2 Weather station based at our design studio has registered a wind of 42knt so a gust of Force 9 Strong Gale the mean wind has been varying between Force 6 and Force 8, one of the strongest winds we have recorded for some time. It will be very interesting to see the overnight wind and see if it has been higher although it was only forecast here for Max of Force 8
