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Re:The eye of hurricane Matthew passes directly over a weath... by hudibras on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @12:45AM (#12641602)
One of the few things I remember from my 20-year-old meteorology degree is that 1 meter/second is very close to 2 knots. This conversion was also useful when I was in the Navy, especially for coming alongside piers or other ships.
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Re:The eye of hurricane Matthew passes directly over a weath... by eCa on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @03:01AM (#12641998)
Understanding the conversion is helped by using the same time unit:

1 knot (per hour): 1852 meters/hour

1 meter per second: 3600 meters/hour

So 2 knots is 3704 meters/h, or less than 3% more than 1 meter/s. Good rule of thumb.

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