Wind
Wind force scale

Wind

Section Title: Wind force scale
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General wind classifications	Tropical cyclone classifications (all winds are 10-minute averages)

Beaufort scale	10-minute sustained winds (knots)	10-minute sustained winds (km/h)	General term	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

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

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)

Sentence(s)

A storm has winds of 56 knots (104 km/h) to 63 knots (117 km/h).

final_sentence: A storm has winds of 56 knots (104 km/h) to 63 knots (117 km/h).