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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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Glossary

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

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 horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

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

A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of at least 74 miles per hour, characterized by a central eye, strong winds, and...

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

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

Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...

A measure of how hot it feels when relative humidity is combined with the actual air temperature, often referred to as the...

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