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A blossary of terms relating to wind.

Category: Geography

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Created by: Silentchapel

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The storm moves in cyclone (circular) form, carrying clouds of dust and sand, and produces on humans and animals a suffocating effect. The name means "poison wind" and is given because the ...

Domain: Weather; Category: Wind

Southerly is the name of a storm or front of air coming from the south. In the southern hemisphere these can be cold and have bad weather. In Wellington, New Zealand these storms are normally short ...

Domain: Weather; Category: Wind

A squamish (also known as an Arctic outflow wind in winter months) is a strong and often violent wind occurring in many of the fjords, inlets and valleys of British Columbia. Squamishes occur in ...

Domain: Weather; Category: Wind

A sundowner (folk etymology from Spanish zonda, 'Foehn wind') is an offshore northerly Foehn wind in Santa Barbara, California. It occurs when a region of high pressure is directly north of ...

Domain: Weather; Category: Wind

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