If I were a breeze I'd blow across the land, up hills and mountain tops before ducking into valleys and nooks. I'd be cool when I roll across the ocean, picking up water and puffing out clouds, and I'd be warm roving across shifting sand dunes
would you say anything in response?
Noone would even know I did it. What's the point?
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hideGeneral wind classifications | Tropical cyclone classifications (all winds are 10-minute averages) | ||||||||
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Beaufort scale[18] | 10-minute sustained winds | General term[21] | N Indian Ocean IMD |
SW Indian Ocean MF |
Australian region South Pacific BoM, BMKG, FMS, MSNZ |
NW Pacific JMA |
NW Pacific JTWC |
NE Pacific & N Atlantic NHC & CPHC | |
(knots) | (km/h) | ||||||||
0 | <1 | <2 | Calm | Low Pressure Area | Tropical disturbance | Tropical low Tropical Depression |
Tropical depression | Tropical depression | Tropical depression |
1 | 1–3 | 2–6 | Light air | ||||||
2 | 4–6 | 7–11 | Light breeze | ||||||
3 | 7–10 | 13–19 | Gentle breeze | ||||||
4 | 11–16 | 20–30 | Moderate breeze | ||||||
5 | 17–21 | 31–39 | Fresh breeze | Depression | |||||
6 | 22–27 | 41–50 | Strong breeze | ||||||
7 | 28–29 | 52–54 | Moderate gale | Deep depression | Tropical depression | ||||
30–33 | 56–61 | ||||||||
8 | 34–40 | 63–74 | Fresh gale | Cyclonic storm | Moderate tropical storm | Tropical cyclone (1) | Tropical storm | Tropical storm | Tropical storm |
9 | 41–47 | 76–87 | Strong gale | ||||||
10 | 48–55 | 89–102 | Whole gale | Severe cyclonic storm | Severe tropical storm | Tropical cyclone (2) | Severe tropical storm | ||
11 | 56–63 | 104–117 | Storm | ||||||
12 | 64–72 | 119–133 | Hurricane | Very severe cyclonic storm | Tropical cyclone | Severe tropical cyclone (3) | Typhoon | Typhoon | Hurricane (1) |
13 | 73–85 | 135–157 | Hurricane (2) | ||||||
14 | 86–89 | 159–165 | Severe tropical cyclone (4) | Major hurricane (3) | |||||
15 | 90–99 | 167–183 | Intense tropical cyclone | ||||||
16 | 100–106 | 185–196 | Major hurricane (4) | ||||||
17 | 107–114 | 198–211 | Severe tropical cyclone (5) | ||||||
115–119 | 213–220 | Very intense tropical cyclone | Super typhoon | ||||||
>120 | >222 | Super cyclonic storm | Major hurricane (5) |
The hydrodynamic wind within the upper portion of a planet's atmosphere allows light chemical elements such as hydrogen to move up to the exobase, the lower limit of the exosphere, where the gases can then reach escape velocity, entering outer space without impacting other particles of gas. This type of gas loss from a planet into space is known as planetary wind.[149] Such a process over geologic time causes water-rich planets such as the Earth to evolve into planets like Venus.[150] Additionally, planets with hotter lower atmospheres could accelerate the loss rate of hydrogen.
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