It may blow continuously for several days at a time, with velocities that average about 74 km (about 45 miles) per hour, and reach to a height of 2 to 3 km (about 1.2 to 1.9 miles).
It often reaches temperatures above 40° C (104° F), and it may blow continuously for three or four days at a time and then be followed by an inflow of much cooler air.
The record gust on Great Dun Fell was 134mph, but in January 1974, when the fiercest gust measured up there was 130mph, there was a period of one hour early on the Saturday morning when the gale blew continuously at an average speed of 108mph.
The stream of charged particles, the solar wind, blows continuously from the Sun.
These swells are particularly common in the Roaring Forties of the Southern Hemisphere where the wind blows continuously.
In one type compressed air is blown continuously into the hood, whereas in the other compressed air is delivered by a mask with a regulator that supplies air on demand.
Blowing snow continuously blocked roads after being cleared, and snow removal vehicles, not equipped to withstand the excessive snow, began experiencing mechanical issues.
"We have to deal them very painful blows, continuously, until they understand that they won't achieve anything with terror," he told a parliamentary committee.
The device blows air continuously down her windpipe, preventing her throat muscles from collapsing and suffocating her while she sleeps.
In June and July it blows almost continuously, but usually under 50 km (about 30 miles) per hour.
