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Terms that pertain to the bulk movement of air.

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Abrolhos squall

Weather; Wind

An Abrolhos squall (or Abroholos squall or simply abroholos) typically occurs from May through August (austral winter) near the Abrolhos Islands off the coast of eastern Brazil near 18°S latitude, ...

Zonda wind

Weather; Wind

Zonda wind (in Spanish, viento zonda) is a regional term for the foehn wind that often occurs on the eastern slope of the Andes, in Argentina. The Zonda is a dry wind (often carrying dust) which ...

Diablo

Weather; Wind

Diablo wind is a name that has been occasionally used for the hot, dry offshore wind from the northeast that typically occurs in the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California during the spring ...

Vendavel

Weather; Wind

The Vendevale is a westerly wind that blows into the Mediterranean Sea around the area of the Straits of Gibraltar and Morocco. This is generally associated with travelling depressions entering the ...

Sirocco

Weather; Wind

Sirocco, scirocco, jugo or, rarely, siroc (Catalan: Xaloc, Greek: Σορόκος) is a Mediterranean wind that comes from the Sahara and reaches hurricane speeds in North Africa and Southern Europe. The ...

Monsoon

Weather; Wind

Monsoon is traditionally defined as a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation,[1] but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation ...

Bora

Weather; Wind

The bora (Bosnian: bura, Bulgarian: бора, Croatian: bura, Greek: μπόρα, βοράς, Italian: bora, Slovene: burja, Turkish: bora, Polish: burza) is a northern to north-eastern katabatic wind in the ...

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