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

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

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.

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

Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...

A tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane, is a severe tropical storm with wind speeds in excess of 74 mph. Known as a...

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