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Sunday, 22 May 2016

Local Winds in World Notes

Cold winds:

Mistral - Blows in Spain & France from N-W to S-E. Common during winter.

Bora - Blows along the shores of the Adriatic sea.

Blizzard -Snow laden wind in Canada.

Purga - Snow laden wind in Russian tundra. Much like Buran.

Bise - An extremely cold wind in France


Levanter - Blows in strait of Gibraltar between Spain & Morocco.

Pampero - Pampas of S. America

Papagayo -Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua.

Haboob - Sudan

Friagem - Amazon Valley

Buran -Eastern Russia & central Siberia

Norther- Texas, Gulf of Mexico & western carribean

Etesian - Eastern Mediterranean.

Surazo -Cold wind blowing from Argentinean pampas & Patagonia.

Norte -A strong cold northeasterly wind which blows in Mexico.

Tehuantepecer -This is a violent, squally wind from north or north-east in S. Mexico.

Alizé : also known as trade wind; blows in the tropics predominantly from the Northeast in the Northern Hemisphere and from the Southeast in the Southern Hemisphere.

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