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[ndofu]

I can only find 'gale 'as the Beaufort scale 8 classification; and 'fierce gale' won't fit so please could someone help? Many thanks

[Prudentia]

fresh gale

[sincnoel]

i've googled on this one and nowhere can i find "fresh gale.
the met office doesn't use the term

[Beatrice35]

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/fresh+gale

[Prudentia]

I do assure you it is fresh gale

[Beatrice35]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A876864

Hope that helps sincnoel
Google is not the only search engine one can use either.
Yahoo, Lycos, AOL- to name a few

[ges7]

dt gk 52ac
collins english dictionary gives fresh gale as 8 on the beaufort scale

[Beatrice35]

Prudentia- Know it is Fresh Gale too. When they click on the links have provided they will see for themselves that it is Fresh Gale, too ;-)

[kornat]

Wikipedia also mentions Fresh Gale, although my husband who is a sailor has never heard of it.

[ndofu]

Well fresh gale certainly fits, though I didn't see it mentioned anywhere. Many thanks one and all.