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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 term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

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

The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.

Temperature scale, abbreviated as °C, found by accepting the freezing point of water at one atmospheric pressure as zero...

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

A cold front is the leading edge of a cold air mass that replaces a warmer air mass. It is typically associated with sudden...

A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.

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