Beaufort Wind Scale

I have been focusing on creating animated pieces that react to live wind data gathered from NOAA RSS Feeds. In order to show a progressive change in the animation that reflects different forces of wind I have decided to use the Beaufort Wind Scale.

This scale gives me twelve different stages of wind force and a description of the effects of that wind upon the environment that I can then incorporate into short animated image sequences.


Beaufort Wind Scale

For those interested in a bit of nautical history the Beaufort Wind Scale was created in 1805 by Sir Francis Beaufort in an attempt to standardize the wind and weather data recieved from mariners. Otherwise mariners were left with the subjective weather observations of individuals, thus making it hard to get a clear depiction of the possible conditions of the sea.