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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 occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...

A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...

A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...

A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.

Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.