strong gale
noun
: wind having a speed of 47 to 54 miles (75 to 87 kilometers) per hour see Beaufort Scale Table
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Basecamp Bakery owner Chase Agee packed up his bread and went home early last Tuesday as rain and strong gales pelted the South Berkeley Farmers’ Market.
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Mario Cortez, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Mar. 2023
Winds tore through Los Angeles County early Monday, and strong gale-like conditions could continue through Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.
—Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2023
Once the supertall’s team of designers settles in, the room starts rocking and rolling to mimic what tenants will feel on a windy day, during a strong gale, or during a once-a-century hurricane.
—Bianca Bosker, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2022
The sunken cabin belongs to the schooner-barge Frank W. Wheeler, which sank on September 29, 1885, after being downed by a strong gale.
—Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2021
The extratropical low is impacting the U.S. East Coast with strong gale-force winds.
—Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 28 Oct. 2021
Within an hour a strong gale picked up, and Captain Lawrence called hands to try to bring the ship about and away from shore, but the wind and rising tide were too much.
—OregonLive.com, 13 Mar. 2018
Mario Cortez, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Mar. 2023
Winds tore through Los Angeles County early Monday, and strong gale-like conditions could continue through Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.
—Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2023
Once the supertall’s team of designers settles in, the room starts rocking and rolling to mimic what tenants will feel on a windy day, during a strong gale, or during a once-a-century hurricane.
—Bianca Bosker, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2022
The sunken cabin belongs to the schooner-barge Frank W. Wheeler, which sank on September 29, 1885, after being downed by a strong gale.
—Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2021
The extratropical low is impacting the U.S. East Coast with strong gale-force winds.
—Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 28 Oct. 2021
Within an hour a strong gale picked up, and Captain Lawrence called hands to try to bring the ship about and away from shore, but the wind and rising tide were too much.
—OregonLive.com, 13 Mar. 2018
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