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What is Gale?

A strong wind typically ranging from 34 to 40 knots (39 to 46 miles per hour) and often associated with rough seas and stormy weather.

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Glossary

The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.

Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.

A measurement determined by the wave lengths and sea conditions caused by the effect of wind, and by the movement of tree...

A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...