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Famous Winds

Local winds with names

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List added by irishgit on 11/20/2008

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Santa Ana (southern California)

4.25 Stars | 4 ratings

2

Bayamo (violent wind on Cuba's southern coast)

5.00 Stars | 2 ratings

3

Chinook (warm dry westerly off the Rocky Mountains)

4.00 Stars | 3 ratings

4

Monsoon (mainly south-westerly winds combined with heavy rain in various areas close to the equator)

4.00 Stars | 1 ratings

5

Papagayo (periodic wind which blows across Nicaragua and Costa Rica and out over the Gulf of Papagayo)

4.00 Stars | 1 ratings

6

Tramontane (cold northwesterly from the Pyrenees or northeasterly from the Alps to the Mediterranean)

4.00 Stars | 1 ratings

7

Mistral (cold northerly from central France and the Alps to Mediterranean)

3.33 Stars | 3 ratings

8

Vendavel (westerly through the Strait of Gibraltar)

3.00 Stars | 2 ratings

9

Halny (in northern Carpathians)

2.00 Stars | 3 ratings

10

Khamsin (southeasterly from north Africa to the eastern Mediterranean)

2.00 Stars | 3 ratings

11

Kona (southeast wind in Hawaii, replacing trade winds, bringing high humidity and often rain)

3.00 Stars | 1 ratings

12

Nor'easter (strong storm with winds from the northeast in the eastern United States, especially New England)

3.00 Stars | 1 ratings

13

Pampero, (very strong wind which blows in the Pampa of Argentina)

3.00 Stars | 1 ratings

14

Viento de Levante (easterly through Strait of Gibraltar)

3.00 Stars | 1 ratings

15

Cape Doctor (dry south-easterly wind that blows on the South African coast in summer)

2.00 Stars | 1 ratings

16

Föhn (warm dry southerly off the northern side of the Alps and the North Italy)

2.00 Stars | 1 ratings

17

Košava (strong and cold southeasterly season wind in Serbia)

2.00 Stars | 1 ratings

18

Maestro (cold northerly in the Adriatic sea)

2.00 Stars | 1 ratings

19

Simoom (strong, dry, desert wind that blows in the Sahara, Israel, Jordan, Syria, and the desert of Arabia)

2.00 Stars | 1 ratings

20

Harmattan (dry northerly wind across central Africa)

1.67 Stars | 3 ratings

21

Alize (northeasterly across central Africa and the Caribbean)

1.00 Stars | 1 ratings

22

Bora (northeasterly from eastern Europe to northeastern Italy)

1.00 Stars | 1 ratings

23

Fremantle Doctor (afternoon sea breeze from the Indian Ocean which cools Perth, Western Australia during summer)

1.00 Stars | 1 ratings

24

Gregale (northeasterly from Greece)

1.00 Stars | 1 ratings

25

Khazri (cold north wind in the Absheron Peninsula of the Azerbaijan Republic)

1.00 Stars | 1 ratings

26

Libeccio (southwesterly towards Italy)

1.00 Stars | 1 ratings

27

Marin (south-easterly from Mediterranean to France)

1.00 Stars | 1 ratings

28

Nor'wester (wind that brings rain to the West Coast, and warm dry winds to the East Coast of New Zealand)

1.00 Stars | 1 ratings

29

Ostro (southerly wind in the Mediterranean)

1.00 Stars | 1 ratings

30

Pineapple Express (extremely wet and warm winds on the British Columbia coast sub-tropical in origin)

1.00 Stars | 1 ratings

31

Sirocco (southerly from north Africa to southern Europe)

1.00 Stars | 1 ratings

32

Southerly Buster (rapidly arriving low pressure cell that dramatically cools Sydney, Australia during summer)

1.00 Stars | 1 ratings

33

Squamish (strong, violent wind occurring in many of the fjords of British Columbia)

1.00 Stars | 1 ratings

34

Sundowner (strong offshore wind off the California coast)

1.00 Stars | 1 ratings

35

Tehuano (periodic wind which blows across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in southern Mexico and out over the Gulf of Tehuantepec)

1.00 Stars | 1 ratings

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