Strong southeast gales sweep the big sand desert for several days at a time, reversing the effect of shamals on dune formation.
Poor weather conditions are set to continue into Monday in New South Wales and Tasmania, with the latest Australian Bureau of Meteorology forecast indicating there will be "high to very high chance of rain heavy at times in the far southeast" and "Strong to gale force east to northeast winds on the south coast".
Early on November 30, as the system moved towards the east-southeast, TCWC Nadi issued a gale warning for the Cook Islands of Rarotonga and Mangaia, while issuing strong wind warnings and tropical cyclone alerts for the rest of the Southern Islands.
While the system was accelerating to the southeast away from Mozambique, it produced gale force winds on Europa Island.
Tracking towards the southwest in response to a mid-level ridge to the southeast, the depression quickly intensified, attaining gale-force winds on December 29.
The low became a non-tropical gale center on September 20, while moving into southeast Texas.
Cyclone Gamede remained a broad system, and by February 24 it produced winds of near gale force up to 670 km (415 mi) southeast of its center; later in the day, it passed about 300 km (190 mi) north of Réunion, its closest point of approach to the island.
Because gale-force winds were located well to the southeast of the center, the NHC ceased advisories on the remnants of Andrea.
Along the northern Gulf Coast, no gale force winds were reported inland, although oil rigs and ships off the southeast Louisiana coast reported such winds.
Tropical Storm Dog was first observed as a 70 mph tropical storm on August 30, when the SS Sibrodin reported gale force winds and an area of low pressure about 320 mile east-southeast of Antigua.
