| Name |
Location |
Description |
| Antane |
Toulouse |
|
| Auster |
Europe (poetic) |
The South Wind |
| Bise |
Switzerland |
Cold, dry, Northerly |
| Blizzard, Buran, Burga, |
Anywhere cold |
Strong snow laden |
| Bora |
Adriatic |
Violent, cold North wind |
| Buster |
Australia |
SE Coast - very cold |
| Cape Doctor |
Cape Town |
Strong, various directions |
| Chinook (1) |
Rocky Mountains |
Warm, dry South Westerly |
| Chinook (2) |
Atlantic coast of USA |
Warm, moist from ocean onto coast |
| Cyclone (1) |
anywhere |
A depression |
| Cyclone (2) |
tropics |
Violent, circulating tropical storm |
| Doldrums |
Equator |
Very light or calm |
| Etesian |
Mediterranean |
North, mild |
| Euroclydon, Euraquilo |
see Grigale |
|
| Fohn |
Northern Alps |
Warm, dry down Northern slopes |
| Fremantle Doctor |
Australia |
|
| Ghibli |
Libya |
Fierce and hot |
| Grigale, Gregale |
West/Central Mediterranean (Malta) |
Strong, cold from NE |
| Haboob (1) |
Southern Sahara |
Strong, hot, moist, sand storms |
| Haboob (2) |
Northern Sahara |
Cold moist, dusty |
| Harmattan |
West Africa |
Dry and dusty, from Sahara |
| Helm |
English Lake District |
|
| Hurricane |
Atlantic coast of America |
Severe, destructive tropical storm |
| Jet Stream |
Troposphere |
Very fast moving |
| Kamikaze |
Japan |
"Divine wind" |
| Khamsin |
Egypt |
Dry Westerly from Sahara |
| Kuban |
Java |
|
| Levanter |
Western Mediterranean |
East wind |
| Meltemi |
Aegean |
Northerly |
| Mistral |
Rhone Valley, France |
Strong, cold, dry N wind in winter |
| Monsoon |
Southern Asia, esp India |
SW in Summer and NE in Winter |
| Pampero |
South American Pampas |
S or SW, dry and cold |
| Passat |
North Atlantic |
|
| Puna |
Peru |
Cold, dry |
| Purga |
see Blizzard |
|
| Roaring Forties |
Roughly 40 degrees South |
Strong North westerly trade winds |
| Roger |
East Anglia |
|
| Samiel |
North Africa |
Strong, suffocating, laden with sand |
| Santa Ana |
Nevada and S California |
Hot blows down valleys |
| Simoon/Simoom |
North Africa |
Strong, suffocating and sand laden |
| Sirocco |
North Africa to S Europe |
Hot and Dusty |
| Solano |
Spain |
Hot SE with fine dust |
| Sumatra |
Singapore |
|
| Sures |
Chile |
|
| Tempest |
Mainly literature |
Violent storm |
| Tornado |
Anywhere
North Hemisphere: anticlockwise |
Small, violent, circulating storm
Southern: clockwise |
| Trade Winds |
Tropics |
Obliquely towards the equator |
| Tramontana |
Adriatic |
Cold, dry from S or SW |
| Twister |
Australia and US |
Tornado |
| Typhoon |
China Seas or W Pacific |
Violent tropical storm / cyclone |
| Williwaw |
Alaska and Canada |
Sudden, strong, cold, offshore from mountains |
| Willy-Willy |
Australia |
NW Coast |
| Zephyr |
Greece |
Gentle West wind |
| Zonder |
Argentina |
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