That’s what I do; multiply the m/s by two to get kts., which is what I’m used to think in when it comes to wind speed. Could that be because of my seafarer background?
Anecdote:
On a J/U rig in the Java Sea we were Waiting on Weather (WOW) to move during the NE Monsoon.
The Companyman came up to the Jacking Control Room, looked out at the wind sock and said; “stiff as a preacher’s dick in a double wedding. We ain’t moving nowhere today”.
Then he went back to his office and his game of Solitaire.
PS> Difficult to find a conversion table with that wind speed measuring unit.