Editing Gale warning (section)

{{short description|Weather forecast that includes a warning of a gale and high winds}}
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{{for|the novel by [[Dornford Yates]]|Gale Warning}}
[[File:Gale Warning - Depoe Bay Oregon.jpg|thumb|right|Gale warning flags (USA)]]

A ''gale warning'' is an alert issued by national [[weather forecasting]] agencies around the world in an event that maritime locations currently or imminently experiencing winds of [[gale]] force on the [[Beaufort scale]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/beaufort.html|title=Beaufort Wind Scale|website=www.spc.noaa.gov}}</ref> Gale warnings (and gale watches) allow mariners to take precautionary actions to ensure their safety at sea or to seek safe anchorage and ride out the storm on land.  Though usually associated with deep [[low-pressure area]]s, winds strong enough to catalyze a gale warning can occur in other conditions too, including from [[anticyclone]]s, or high-pressure systems, in the continental interior. The winds are not directly associated with a tropical cyclone.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://w1.weather.gov/glossary/index.php?word=Gale+Warning|title=Glossary - NOAA's National Weather Service|first=NOAA's National Weather|last=Service|website=w1.weather.gov}}</ref>