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A blossary of terms relating to wind.

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The Papagayo wind is a north to northeasterly wind which periodically blows through the gap in the mountain ranges of Central America in which Lake Nicaragua is located. It is named for the Gulf of ...

Domain: Weather; Category: Wind

A Puelche wind (in Spanish, viento puelche) is a dry foehn-like eastern wind that occurs in south-central Chile. The wind owns its name from the Puelche people that inhabited the eastern slopes of ...

Domain: Weather; Category: Wind

A shamal [شمال, north] is a northwesterly wind blowing over Iraq and the Persian Gulf states (including Saudi Arabia and Kuwait), often strong during the day, but decreasing at night. This ...

Domain: Weather; Category: Wind

The Santa Ana winds are strong, extremely dry down-slope winds that originate inland and affect coastal Southern California and northern Baja California. Santa Ana winds blow mostly in autumn and ...

Domain: Weather; Category: Wind

The storm moves in cyclone (circular) form, carrying clouds of dust and sand, and produces on humans and animals a suffocating effect. The name means "poison wind" and is given because the ...

Domain: Weather; Category: Wind

Southerly is the name of a storm or front of air coming from the south. In the southern hemisphere these can be cold and have bad weather. In Wellington, New Zealand these storms are normally short ...

Domain: Weather; Category: Wind

A squamish (also known as an Arctic outflow wind in winter months) is a strong and often violent wind occurring in many of the fjords, inlets and valleys of British Columbia. Squamishes occur in ...

Domain: Weather; Category: Wind

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