Symbols

Characters used as abbreviations to represent the weather. Beaufort's weather notation is as follows:

b. Blue sky.

c. Clouds (detached).

d. Drizzling rain.

f. Foggy.

g. Gloomy.

h. Hail.

l. Lightning.

m. Misty.

o. Overcast.

p. Passing showers.

q. Squally.

r. Rainy.

s. Snow.

t. Thunder.

v. Ugly, threatening.

r. Visibility, clearness.

w. Wet, dew.

A bar (--) under any letter augments its signification, and a bar and a dot (--.) indicates heavy and continuous weather of the kind denoted.

Wind is indicated by the following symbols:

0. Calm.

1. Light air.

2. Light breeze.

3. Gentle breeze.

4. Moderate breeze.

5. Fresh breeze.

6. Strong breeze.

7. Moderate gale.

8. Fresh gale.

9. Strong gale.

10.Whole gale.

11.Storm.

12.Hurricane.

Sea Swell is indicated as follows:

S. Smooth.

M. Moderate.

L. Long.

R. Rough.

C. Cross.

H. Heavy.

V.H. Very heavy.