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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The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.
A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...
A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...
A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.
A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...
CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...
The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...
A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...
Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...
A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...