Major Local Winds of the World
Major Local Winds of the World
Here is a list of Local Winds flowing locally in different parts of the world. We have listed here total 30 local Winds and the location where they flow. However, we have not discussed the local Winds in detail.
- Baguis : Philippines, it is a warm tropical wind.
- Berg : It flows in South Africa; it is a hot, dry wind.
- Bise : France; Cold wind
- Blizzard : North America, cold wind
- Bora : Flows in Southern Europe, cold in nature
- Buran : Flows in Siberia, Russia; cold wind
- Chinook : a type of foehn wind; warm downslope wind in the Rocky Mountains. Also known as snow-eater.
- Foehn : It is a warm dry wind on the lee side of a mountain range.
- Gregale : Southern Europe, cold wind
- Haboob : flows in Southern Edges of the Sahara in Sudan; a strong wind and duststorm.
- Harmattan : across the Gulf of Guinea and the Cape Verde Islands. Dry, dusty trade wind.
- Jorran : Geneva Lake, cold dry wind
- Karaburan : Tarim Basin, Central Asia, hot wind
- Leste : Madeira and Canary Islands; hot, dry and easterly wind.
- Levanter : flows in Southern Spain , it is a strong easterly cold wind.
- Loo : Northern part of India, hot and dry wind.
- Maestro : It is a northwesterly wind. Brings fine weather and blows, especially during summer, in the Adriatic region.
- Mistral : Southern Europe; it is a cold, dry wind.
- Norte : Central America, cold wind
- Pampero : cold local wind in Argentina. A west or southwest wind in Southern Argentina.
- Papagayo : Mexico, hot wind ( a violent northeasterly).
- Ponente : Mediterranean, France; cold wind
- Purga : Tundra Region and Northern Russia, cold wind
- Samoon : Iran; dry wind.
- Shamal : Iran, Iraq and Arab; a summer northwesterly dry wind.
- Southern Burster : North South Wales (Australia), dry wind
- Temporates : Central America, monsoon winds
- Tramontane : flows in Central Europe, warm wind
- Virazon : It is a sea wind, flows in Peru and Chile.
- Willy- willy : A tropical cyclone in south-west Australia.
- Yamo : flows in Japan, a warm and dry wind.
- Zonda : flows in Argentina, warm wind.