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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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How fast is the wind tonight?

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How fast is the wind tonight? It is really strong.
  

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Hi, We usually just say eg Q - How windy is it tonight? A - Very, very windy. Only weather forecasters in the media say things like ' The winds are 60 mph tonight' .

  • Hi, We usually just say eg Q - How windy is it tonight?
  • A - Very, very windy.
  • Only weather forecasters in the media say things like ' The winds are 60 mph tonight' .
  • Clive.
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Hi,

We usually just say eg
Q - How windy is it tonight?
A - Very, very windy.

Only weather forecasters in the media say things like 'The winds are 60 mph tonight'.
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(British) sailors may ask, "What's the wind(speed)?" The response will generally use the Beaufort Scale, for example: "It's (a) four, gusting five".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaufort_scale

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