The fire danger rating in South Australia reached catastrophic level on Wednesday,
with gale force winds from former Tropical Cyclone Christine creating challenging conditions.
Super Typhoon Tip in 1979 is still considered the most intense tropical cylcone on record with a minimum pressure of 870 mb, maximum winds of 190 mph,
with gale force winds extending out 1100 km.
We also have seen travel in the New York City area brought to a complete halt thanks to a «bomb cyclone» that hit
with gale force winds, snow and several days of single - digit temperatures.
With gale force winds, sometimes upwards of 70 km an hour, incredible waves of over 15 feet collide with the coast in a show of fierce sea spray.
Not exact matches
A Nor» easter is bearing down
with snow, ice and
gale -
force winds.
Meteorologists are forecasting average
winds speeds of 17 mph
with gale force gusts up to 40 mph.
Irma has been pummeling the Caribbean
with gale -
force winds, sheets of rain and widespread destruction.
We've faced the depths of the Depression, we've stared down the hateful destruction of terrorists, we've endured the ferocity of
gale force winds and surging tides, and each and every time, New Yorkers have faced seemingly insurmountable obstacles
with grit and determination and an unyielding commitment to one another and we have — always — prevailed.
Smart survivors, these plants have developed an array of intriguing adaptations and defence mechanisms to cope
with the scorching sunlight,
gale -
force winds, dry summers and wet winters.
It's an easterly
wind blowing across Italy, southern France and Spain — sometimes arriving
with near -
gale force before dissipating to a cool, calming breeze.
Strong sundowners (Category 2) can occur 2 - 3 times / year
with a sharp increase in temperature and local
gale force winds.
As it rounded Greenland and entered the North Atlantic, it pulled behind it a thousand - mile - wide
gale force wind field even as it lashed the tip of Greenland
with Hurricane
force gusts.
Tropical cyclones are low pressure systems that form over warm tropical waters and have well defined
wind circulations of at least
gale force strength (sustained
winds of 63 km / h or greater
with gusts in excess of 90 km / h).
Warm
winds blowing at up to
gale force intensity from the south have assaulted the ice
with high waves and above - freezing temperatures for about four days now.
Port Martin (67 ° S 141 ° E) is an especially windy site
with an annual mean
wind speed of 17 ms - 1 (33 kt — nearly
gale force).
This likely overestimates what could practically be tolerated: Our limit applies to a person out of the sun, in
gale -
force winds, doused
with water, wearing no clothing, and not working.
Today, the system is flinging frozen precipitation across the I 95 corridor even as it prepares the batter the East Coast
with yet one more bout of
gale force winds and heavy seas.
The next day is a snow day — it's icy cold
with heavy rains,
gale -
force winds and even snow and ice storms.
Ehang's engineers also tested the 184 in a variety of weather conditions, including high heat, heavy fog, night tests, and during a Category 7 typhoon
with gale -
force winds.