Météo France, converting between different wind speed units (#4)

The small Météo France site I created has been updated with a new parameter that can be used to customize the unit that windspeed is presented as.

The u= parameter

The new parameter that controls the windspeed is ?u= and accepts the following values:

Value Comment Examples
u=kmh Kilometers per hour. Unit "km/h". The default setting. Try it
u=ms Meters per second. Unit "m/s". Try it
u=kn Knots. Unit "kn". Try it
u=bf Beaufort windforce scale value between 0 and 12. Unit "F" Try it

More information on conversion and meaning of these different scales can be found here and on Wikipedia.

This parameter works both for the website as well as the weather API service.

Examples

Knots (Kn)

Knots (Kn)

Beaufort Force (F)

Beaufort Force (F)

Kilometers per hour (Km/h)

Kilometers per hour (Km/h)

Meters per second (m/s)

Meters per second (m/s)



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