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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 weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...

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

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

Nor'easter is a meteorological event commonly observed in the Northeastern United States and typically occurs during the...

The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...

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

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