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WEATHER

Below is a chart showing the temperature and wind in Puerto de Sotogrande, starting with today.
Simple explanations:
1 metres per second (m/s) wind is equal to 1.9438452 knots.
To change the date, drag the date slider at the bottom of the chart.
For an explanation on the colour palette, please check out the Beafourt wind table below.
For a more detailed wind table, please click here

SOTOGRANDE WEATHER

Beaufort number	m/s	knots	Km/h	Wind type	Sea Conditions
0	0.5	0-1	<2	Calm	Sea like a mirror
1	0.5-1.5	1-3	2-5	Light air	Ripples with appearance of scales are formed, without foam crests
2	1,6-3,3	4-6	6-11	Light breeze	Small wavelets still short but more pronounced; crests have a glassy appearance but do not break
3	3.4-5.5	7-10	12-19	Gentle breeze	Large wavelets; crests begin to break; foam of glassy appearance; perhaps scattered white horses
4	5.5-7.9	11-16	20-28	Moderate breeze	Small waves becoming longer; fairly frequent white horses
5	8-10.7	17-21	29-38	Fresh breeze	Moderate waves taking a more pronounced long form; many white horses are formed; chance of some spray
6	10.8-13.8	22-27	39-49	Strong breeze	Large waves begin to form; the white foam crests are more extensive everywhere; probably some spray
7	13.9-17.1	28-33	50-61	Near gale	Sea heaps up and white foam from breaking waves begins to be blown in streaks along the direction of the wind; spindrift begins to be seen
8	17.2–20.7	34-40	62-74	Gale	High waves of greater length; edges of crests break into spindrift; foam is blown in well-marked streaks along the direction of the wind
9	20.8-24.4	41-47	75-88	Strong Gale	High waves; dense streaks of foam along the direction of the wind; sea begins to roll; spray affects visibility
10	24.5-28.4	48-55	89-102	Storm	Very high waves with long overhanging crests; resulting foam in great patches is blown in dense white streaks along the direction of the wind; on the whole the surface of the sea takes on a white appearance; rolling of the sea becomes heavy; visibility affected
11	28.5-32.6	56-63	103-117	Violent Storm	Exceptionally high waves; small- and medium-sized ships might be for a long time lost to view behind the waves; sea is covered with long white patches of foam; everywhere the edges of the wave crests are blown into foam; visibility affected
12	32.7+	64+	118+	Hurricane force	The air is filled with foam and spray; sea is completely white with driving spray; visibility very seriously affected