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A name for the sirocco in Spain. It is a hot, sand- and dust-laden wind from between southeast and southwest that blows in front of a depression on the southeast coast of Spain but extends only a few miles inland.
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A strong southwest wind on the southern shore of the Gulf of Aden, especially at Berbera, Somaliland, during the southwest monsoon. It sets in at about 10 local time and continues until about noon on the following day, reaching its greatest strength, averaging 11 m s−1 (25 mph) in July and August, about 8 It resembles a land breeze, but on a much larger scale than the normal land breeze, owing to the rugged topography and consequent great depth of the layer of cooled air.
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A moderate to strong southwest wind in Provence (southeastern France), mild, humid, and very cloudy or rainy. On the coast it raises a rough sea. It is not frequent, occurring only in March. In the Swiss– French Alps it is locally termed labech, and is squally with thunder, hail, and brief torrential downpours; it comes mainly in autumn and winter.
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A layer of easterly winds over the Tropics at an altitude of about 18–24 km. This layer tops the midtropospheric westerlies (the antitrades), is at least 6 km deep, and is based at about 2 km above the tropopause. This easterly current is more prominent and better defined in the summer hemisphere. It derives its name from the observed behavior of the volcanic dust carried around the world after the great eruption of Krakatoa (6°S, 105°E) in 1883.
Industry:Weather
A cold, very squally wind, descending from the east or southeast in the region of the Danube “Iron Gate” through the Carpathians, continuing westward over Belgrade, thence spreading northward to the Rumanian and Hungarian borderlands and southward as far as Nish. In winter it brings temperatures down to below −29°C and it is cool even in summer, when it is also dusty. It usually occurs with a depression over the Adriatic and high pressure over southern Russia, a frequent situation in winter. It is usually explained as a jet-effect wind through the Iron Gate, giving speeds well above the gradient wind, but J. Küttner (1940) regards it rather as a katabatic wind intermediate between foehn and bora. The kossava has a marked diurnal variation, with its maximum occurring between 5 A. M. And 10 A. M.
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A strong southwest wind on the southern shore of the Gulf of Aden, especially at Berbera, Somaliland, during the southwest monsoon. It sets in at about 10 local time and continues until about noon on the following day, reaching its greatest strength, averaging 11 m s−1 (25 mph) in July and August, about 8 It resembles a land breeze, but on a much larger scale than the normal land breeze, owing to the rugged topography and consequent great depth of the layer of cooled air.
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A wind blowing from the Jura Mountains in Switzerland from the northwest toward Lake Geneva. It is cold and snowy and may be very turbulent, especially in spring.
Industry:Weather
A wind blowing from the Jura Mountains in Switzerland from the northwest toward Lake Geneva. It is cold and snowy and may be very turbulent, especially in spring.
Industry:Weather
A local name for the foehn in the Klagenfurt basin of Austria. It may come from the south but is developed as a north foehn.
Industry:Weather
A local name for the foehn in the Klagenfurt basin of Austria. It may come from the south but is developed as a north foehn.
Industry:Weather
