Wind Warnings
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Help? Wind Warning Categories
Beaufort Scale wave height is for the open ocean.
Waves in coastal areas or protected water may be different heights.
See the fact sheet for the complete Beaufort Scale.
Let's practise using wind warnings.
Here is some text from BoM wind warnings.
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Read the text and choose the best wind warning category.
For SOUTHWEST COAST, Southeast Cape to Low Rocky Point Westerly winds 15 to 25 knots, locally 30 knots in the south, tending northwesterly late in the day and increasing to 30 to 40 knots, 45 knots in the south in the evening. Seas 2 to 3 metres increasing to 3 to 5 metres. West to southwest swell 1.5 to 2 metres, increasing to 3 to 3 to 4 metres tomorrow.
