IMPORTANT LOCAL WINDS FOR ALL EXAMS
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• Chinook – Hot, Dry wind in Rockies, also called ‘snow eater’
• Sirocco – Hot, moist wind from Sahara to Mediterranean Sea
• Solano – Hot, moist wind from Sahara towards Iberian Peninsula
• Harmattan – Hot, Dry wind blowing outwards from interior of west Africa, also called Guinea Doctor
• Bora – Cold, dry wind blowing outwards from Hungary to the north of Italy (near Adriatic Sea)
• Foehn – Hot, Dry wind in the Alps
• Khamsin – Hot, Dry wind in Egypt
• Mistral – Very cold wind, which blows down from the Alps over France
• Punas – Cold, dry wind blowing down towards the western side of Andes
• Blizzard – Very cold winds in Tundra region
• Brickfielder – Hot wind in Australia
• Purga – Cold wind in Russian tundra
• Levanter – cold wind in Spain
• Norwester – Hot wind in New Zealand
• Santa Ana – Hot wind in S. California in USA
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• Chinook – Hot, Dry wind in Rockies, also called ‘snow eater’
• Sirocco – Hot, moist wind from Sahara to Mediterranean Sea
• Solano – Hot, moist wind from Sahara towards Iberian Peninsula
• Harmattan – Hot, Dry wind blowing outwards from interior of west Africa, also called Guinea Doctor
• Bora – Cold, dry wind blowing outwards from Hungary to the north of Italy (near Adriatic Sea)
• Foehn – Hot, Dry wind in the Alps
• Khamsin – Hot, Dry wind in Egypt
• Mistral – Very cold wind, which blows down from the Alps over France
• Punas – Cold, dry wind blowing down towards the western side of Andes
• Blizzard – Very cold winds in Tundra region
• Brickfielder – Hot wind in Australia
• Purga – Cold wind in Russian tundra
• Levanter – cold wind in Spain
• Norwester – Hot wind in New Zealand
• Santa Ana – Hot wind in S. California in USA