What is Gale?

Air laden with sand and dust, common in areas devoid of permanent vegetation, especially deserts.

A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...

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

The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.

A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.

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

Observation of the sky from the observer's location where there are no clouds, and there is no obstruction to visibility....

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...

An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with unsettled weather conditions like storms...

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...