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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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A continental air mass is a large body of air that forms over land, characterized by dry conditions due to the lack of moisture...

Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.

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

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...

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...

The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.