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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 names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...

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

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

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...