How to describe the windstrength

[Exal]

What do I say when telling someone the windstrength? It was 30 knots or it was 30 knots with gusts to almost 40 or it was close to 40 knots? I was out between 3 and 4 pm. http://prntscr.com/npveup

[jakemoore]

31g38

[Toby]

Around 30, gusting to 38

[kjorn]

Fuckin howling man, like my hair was all like WooOOoOOo and the tea was blown right out of my mug. I took my pants off and they flew into a tree. Man. You missed it. It was epic. Bleddy epic, man.

[Exal]

Alrighty kjorn, cheers.

Kinda on this topic ... when someone says he takes his 9 in 20 to 30 knots, does that mean with or without the gusts?

[Toby]

I would say including gusts

[ELI]

Windy ... 7mtr or less

[Peter_Frank]

27 to 31 knots average - the gusts are probably pretty normal in this wind, so I would only mention this if extreme, otherwise the average wind is what we share around here.

Usually describing by what size I use, if shared with friends, then they will know exactly which size to pick depending on whether they are lighter or heavier or ride less or more powered by nature.

Peter

[knotwindy]

blowing enough= say -usual kite
blowing harder= say -small kite
blowing really hard= say -wife’s small kite

[sarc]

Alrighty kjorn, cheers.

Kinda on this topic ... when someone says he takes his 9 in 20 to 30 knots, does that mean with or without the gusts?

Describing wind strength by kite size is a kooky thing. It's 20 kn gust 25 and my very experienced pal is on a 4m on a surfboard, I'm on a 9m on a twintip, there's a 12 year old girl on a 5m and a 260lb middle aged man on a 12.

When someone asks me "hey what kite size should I bring", my answer is "Yes".