Beaufort Wind Scale API
The Beaufort wind scale as an API, computed locally and deterministically. The classify endpoint turns a measured wind speed — in metres per second, kilometres per hour, knots, miles per hour or feet per second — into its Beaufort force (0 calm to 12 hurricane), with the descriptive name (light breeze, gale, storm …), the corresponding sea state and the mean open-sea wave height, plus the speed expressed in every unit. The force endpoint looks up a Beaufort number and returns its wind-speed range in all units, its description, sea condition and wave height. The convert endpoint converts a wind speed across metres per second, kilometres per hour, knots, miles per hour and feet per second and reports the matching Beaufort force (1 knot = 0.514444 m/s). Speeds use the standard 10-metre reference height and wave heights are open-sea means. Everything is computed locally and deterministically, so it is instant and private. Ideal for sailing, marine, aviation, drone, weather and outdoor app developers, wind-warning and sea-state tools, and meteorology education. Pure local computation — no key, no third-party service, instant. Live, nothing stored. 3 endpoints. This is the Beaufort wind scale; for the feels-like wind chill use a feels-like API and for live wind observations a weather data API.
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