A gale is a very strong wind. There are conflicting definitions of how strong. The U.S. Government's National Weather Service defines a gale as 34 to 47 knots (or or ) of sustained surface winds. National Weather Service Glossary, s.v. "gale". Forecasters typically issue gale warnings when winds of this strength are expected. Other sources use minimums as low as and maximums as high as . Through 1986, the National Hurricane Center used the term gale to refer to winds of tropical storm force for… (More on Gale)