07-21-2016, 08:10 PM
Chas,
"...do you think they could make the various forecasts any harder to read? Winds 34KT???? Plain English please?"
The knot (KT) is used by meteorologists, aviators and sailors and has been around for centuries. It comes from sailors measuring their speed by using knots in ropes they hung over their sailing ships. It makes sense as it's based on the nautical mile which is also based on trigonometry and the shape of the earth (1 knot = 1 nautical mile per hour). It's not going to go away anytime soon I'm afraid.
As Tink mentioned, just multiply by 1.15 to get mph. I just multiply by 1.2 in my head which gets you close enough (take the speed in KT and add 20%).
"...do you think they could make the various forecasts any harder to read? Winds 34KT???? Plain English please?"
The knot (KT) is used by meteorologists, aviators and sailors and has been around for centuries. It comes from sailors measuring their speed by using knots in ropes they hung over their sailing ships. It makes sense as it's based on the nautical mile which is also based on trigonometry and the shape of the earth (1 knot = 1 nautical mile per hour). It's not going to go away anytime soon I'm afraid.
As Tink mentioned, just multiply by 1.15 to get mph. I just multiply by 1.2 in my head which gets you close enough (take the speed in KT and add 20%).