The Global Geospace Science WIND satellite is a NASA science spacecraft launched at 04:31:00 EST on November 1, 1994 from launch pad 17B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Merritt_Island%2C_Florida, Florida aboard a McDonnell Douglas Delta II 7925-10 rocket.... . There are conflicting definitions of how strong. The U.S. Government's National Weather Service
National Weather Service
The National Weather Service , once known as the Weather Bureau, is one of the six scientific agencies that make up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States Federal government of the United States.... defines a gale as 34 to 47 knots (63 km/h to 87 km/h or 39 miles per hour to 54 miles per hour) of sustained surface winds. Forecasters typically issue gale warning
Gale warning
A gale warning is an advisory or warning issued by the local competent authority in maritime countries about the existence of winds of Beaufort scale or above or the imminent occurrence of gales at sea.... s when winds of this strength are expected.
Other sources use minimums as low as and maximums as high as . The definition is very non-standard.
The Global Geospace Science WIND satellite is a NASA science spacecraft launched at 04:31:00 EST on November 1, 1994 from launch pad 17B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Merritt_Island%2C_Florida, Florida aboard a McDonnell Douglas Delta II 7925-10 rocket.... . There are conflicting definitions of how strong. The U.S. Government's National Weather Service
National Weather Service
The National Weather Service , once known as the Weather Bureau, is one of the six scientific agencies that make up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States Federal government of the United States.... defines a gale as 34 to 47 knots (63 km/h to 87 km/h or 39 miles per hour to 54 miles per hour) of sustained surface winds. Forecasters typically issue gale warning
Gale warning
A gale warning is an advisory or warning issued by the local competent authority in maritime countries about the existence of winds of Beaufort scale or above or the imminent occurrence of gales at sea.... s when winds of this strength are expected.
Other sources use minimums as low as and maximums as high as . The definition is very non-standard. A common alternative definition of the maximum is ..
The Beaufort scale is an empirical measure for describing wind wind speed based mainly on observed sea conditions. Its full name is the Beaufort wind force scale.... (for more on the traditional nautical use of the word "gale")
