Tag: wind
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Mnemonic wind force and wind speed calculator conversion
Wind speed is an important meteorological factor used in various fields, such as weather forecasting, aviation, shipping, construction, but of course also for sports and water sports. Depending on the application and the country, wind speed is expressed in different units, such as kilometers per hour (km/h), meters per second (m/s), knots (kt), Beaufort (Bft) and miles per hour (mp/h).…
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Calculate wind chill today or tomorrow. View the table
You probably recognize it in the winter months. Sometimes it is January and it doesn't feel that cold at all, while less than a week later with the same temperature, it feels freezing. Then we are not even talking about the temperature of the seawater and inland water. To be clear: inland water is still ...
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Wing foiling at 5 knots with the Duotone Downwinder SLS. 8 questions for Mark
A weekend without wind is not a complete weekend. This is quite a statement, but many avid water sports enthusiasts will agree with me: a game of water sports is part of a complete and successful weekend. For example, last weekend I was looking for wind and the possibility of kite surfing or wing foiling. Little wind was forecast…
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Beaufort scale: current wind and the Beaufort scale
The 'Beaufort scale' has been around for some time. After all, it was in the year 1805 that the Irishman Francis Beaufort came up with this. Francis invented the Beaufort scale with which the wind can be mapped. Wind units in kilometers per hour (km/h), knots (kts or kt) and meters are now widely used…
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Live wind. View the current wind map of the Netherlands
On this page and sub pages you can read everything about kitesurfing wind. For example, the live wind today, the current weather situation and water level. In addition to the current wind, we also have the best links for the weather and wind forecast. It is always important to ask yourself the question: Can I kitesurf today? or Can I go wingsurfing today?…
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Wind kite surfing? More insight into wind force and knots
A kitesurfer uses all his senses. That is what is so beautiful about our sport so close to the elements of nature. For example, with kitesurfing you have to constantly anticipate. Both on other kitesurfers, the particularities of the kitesurf spot and on nature. We have a number of pages that mainly focus on the element of wind.…
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Don't drive to the sea for nothing!
By comparing a number of sources and taking an average of these, you arrive at the purest indication of the weather and wind. This way you avoid driving to the sea for nothing. We have a number of good links on the Wind & Weather page. We also load maps ...
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