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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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The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...

The term used for turbulence occurring in the absence of clouds or cloud-like elements in the visible area. It is often observed...

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

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...

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...

Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...

A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.

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

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.