It is windy let the captain teach you about wind

CaptAmehrican posted a pic said Fri, Mar 2nd 2018 at 1:03pm ET

Today the mid Atlantic is having high winds. One easy way to look around you and see wind speed is the Beaufort scale . You can observe wind on land or water to see speed. Originally developed by a British admiral. enter image description here

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DJ_Purchache said Fri, Mar 2nd 2018 at 1:06pm ET:

/giphy that guy

I hate to be “that guy” but I don’t see “high winds” on the chart.

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- @Cythwulf It is a strong gale gusting to a storm here.
  
  CaptAmehrican said Fri, Mar 2nd 2018 at 1:27pm ET
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- @Cythwulf Strong breeze where I am. The weather thing says whole gale gusts, but I don’t see any downed trees.
  
  Seeds said Fri, Mar 2nd 2018 at 1:28pm ET
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- @Cythwulf - I’m seeing high winds out the window.
  
  aetris said Fri, Mar 2nd 2018 at 1:47pm ET
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ACraigL said Fri, Mar 2nd 2018 at 2:28pm ET:

/giphy gale force winds

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ELUNO said Fri, Mar 2nd 2018 at 4:14pm ET:

Was Beaufort a captain?

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looseneck said Fri, Mar 2nd 2018 at 5:14pm ET:

I’m at a
/giphy fresh gale

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Kidsandliz said Fri, Mar 2nd 2018 at 8:10pm ET:

As an aside… joke (stolen from a post on another forum)

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somf69 said Fri, Mar 2nd 2018 at 10:42pm ET:

I knew a girl her name was Cindy…

She blew so much they called her Windy…

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- @somf69 Do you have her number? Just asking for a friend.
  
  mfladd said Fri, Mar 2nd 2018 at 11:30pm ET
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- @mfladd I knew you would have me in mind
  
  ELUNO said Fri, Mar 2nd 2018 at 11:39pm ET
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- @somf69 I used to date a girl named Gale. Or was it Gail? Nevermind.
  
  mehcuda67 said Sat, Mar 3rd 2018 at 1:44am ET
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