Wind gust World Meteorological Organization. Any significant variation at this mean wind during the ten minutes preceding the observation are noted as gusts in messages such as METAR. It is generally reported in METAR when the peak wind speed reaches at least 16 knots and the variation in wind speed between the peaks and average wind is at least 9 to 10 knots. In marine meteorology, the top speed of a burst is expressed in meters per second (m/s) or in knots, while the Beaufort scale is used for reporting the mean speed. When the maximum speed exceeds the average speed by
Ropin' the Wind RIAA in 1998. In the UK it reached the Top 50 pop albums list and went to No. 1 for several months on the country charts. It has gone to sell 17 million copies worldwide. The track "Shameless" is a cover of a Billy Joel song, previously recorded on his 1989 album "Storm Front". According to music review website Allmusic, "Ropin' the Wind" is the first country album to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Brooks commented on the album saying: ""Ropin' the Wind" was what we called the son of "Fences". "Ropin' the Wind" was made in