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.