The match was played in very English conditions the wicket hardly differed foom the outfield, there was a near gale-force wind and it rained.
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Sustained winds to near gale force battered the islands, although peak gusts to 58 mph ( 92 km / h ) were confined to Bonaire.
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As screenwriters, Gale and Zemeckis have collaborated on films including " Trespass ", the last set in East St . Louis, Illinois near Gale's home town.
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Though the barge was initially being towed by a tugboat, the towline parted in near gale force conditions while off the Welsh coast early on 11 December.
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Wind is near gale force or higher on average 115 days per year, and storm force 8 days per year, making Sanary a favorite destination for windsurfers.
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For nearly two weeks in June, the boats didn't even leave harbor because of the near gale-force winds offshore, so store counters were bare of the local catch.
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Sunderland tried to climb the mast but found it too dangerous in the near gale conditions and full darkness, so she sailed throughout that night under reduced sails.
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Bannister nearly wrote off the attempt when he arrived at the track to see a white-and-red English flag atop a nearby church tower whipping in near gale force winds.
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Rain and a near gale from the southwest greeted us the morning we departed, so I headed directly into the waves while crossing until I reached the lee shore.
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So even with the wind freshening from a breeze to a near gale, Woods couldn't help but be more relaxed than if his partner had been some grim I-golf-because-it's-my-life partner.
