Winds and Rains of the World
Winds and Rains of the World
The wind bloweth where it listeth. —John 3:8 Aajej southern M o r o c c a n
blows from north to south, Ti- whirlwind
the Arabian Sea with light
vano blows from south to Abroholos E a s t e r l y s q u a l l
winds favoring small sailing
north sweeping Brazil’s southern
vessels
Brickfielder dusty hot wind coast between May and Au-
Bat Hiddan (Arabic—Closed-
originating in sandy wastes of gust
Sea Season)—when south-
central Australia Afer hot southwest wind in It-
west or summer monsoon ag-
Brisa northeasterly wind along aly, so called because it
itates the Arabian Sea with
the west coast of South Amer- comes from Africa; also
high winds
ica called Africanus ventus (the
Bayomo gusty northerly wind
Brisote northeastern trade wind African wind), Africino, Af-
on flanks of Cuba’s Sierra
refreshing Cuba rico, Africuo
Maestra
Broboe dry southeastern trade Alizé trade wind from the
of Sulawesi, Indonesia northeast in southern France
Bergwind foehn wind of South
Buran blizzard of Central Asia Anabatic an uphill wind result-
Africa’s south coast
Burster southerly wind of New ing from local heating
Bise cold and dry northerly
South Wales Antitrades w i n d s b l ow i n g
wind of southern France and
Switzerland
Cacimbo heavy mists and low
above the trade winds but in clouds on the coast of Angola opposite directions
Blaast cold, wet gusts in Scot-
Canterbury Northwester h o t Apheliotes ( G r e e k — E a s t
land
dry wind sometimes blowing Wind)
Black Roller dust storm com-
over New Zealand Arashi a storm wind in Japan
mon to western United States
cat’s fir Guatemalan mist Arifi Sirocco wind in Morocco
Blizzard cold northerly gale
Caurus the Northwest Wind Asifa-T circular tropical storm
occurring during winter
Chemsin (Arabic—Sirocco) of the Arabian Gulf
months in Canadian prov-
Chergui Moroccan name for Auger dust devil found in Cali-
inces and north United States;
great Blizzard of 1888 cov-
the Sirocco
Chichili Algerian name for the fornia
ered much of Canada and
Austru dry, cold winter west- Sirocco
northern United States;
Chili Tunisian name for the Si- erly wind of the Lower
needlelike ice crystals and
rocco Avalaison steady west wind of
Danube
fine dry snow make up the
blizzard’s pattern of penetrat-
Chinook foehn wind blowing
over the plains east of the western France
ing cold
Rockies from northern Can- Aziab hot, wet, southerly wind
Blood rain rain tinted red from
ada to southern Colorado; of the Red Sea
dust
Bad-i-sad-o-bist roz (Persian—
Blossom showers rains from
warm southwesterly wind
characteristic of the lower 120-day wind)—northerly
March through May in mon-
Columbia River of Oregon dust-and-salt-laden wind
soon regions of Southeast
and Washington blowing over Seistan prov-
Asia
ince of Iran from June
Bofu gale in Japan
Choclatero chocolate-colored dusty wind common about
Yucatan Baguio circular tropical storm
through September
Bohorok f o e h n w i n d o f
Chubasco rain-filled violent in the Philippines
Sumatra
Bora cold north wind blowing
wind threatening west coast of Mexico from May to No-
Bali strong easterly wind in
over the Adriatic and originat-
vember Barat strong, blustery north-
Java
ing in the Dinaric Alps
Colla fi e r c e w i n d o f ga l e wester in Sulawesi, Indonesia
Boreas (Greek—North Wind)
strength in the Philippines Barber icy wind of midwestern
Brave West Wind w e s t e r l y
Collada strong wind in the Gulf Canada and United States
winds of the southern hemi-
of California Barine westerly gale from the
sphere
Breath of the Sahara the Si-
Cordonazo de San Francisco
autumnal equinox falling Bat Furan (Arabic—Open-Sea
sea on Venezuela’s coast
rocco
close to St Francis Day—4 Season)—when northeast or
Breva and Tivano a f t e r n o o n
October—and often ushered winter monsoon wafts over
and morning winds blowing
over Lake Como—Breva
in by a short but violent hur-
Winds and Rains of the World
ricane; blow struck with a
Kaikias (Greek—Northwest knotted cord or rope like one
Fremantle Doctor cool south-
Wind) worn by St Francis; storm felt
west wind coming from the
Karaburan black-dust blizzard along west coast of Central
Indian Ocean to the Swan
of the Gobi Desert America and Mexico around
River Valley of Western Aus-
Khamsin Egyptian name for St Francis Day during autum-
tralia around Fremantle and
the Sirocco nal equinox
Perth
Kochi easterly wind in Japan Coromuel s o u t h e r l y l a n d
Friagem (Portuguese—Cold
Kohilo soft Hawaiian breeze breeze felt from November to
Wave)—sometimes lasts for
Kokaze small wind of Japan May and from sunset to about
several days during Brazil’s
winter season
Kona southeastern wind of Ha-
waii nearby entrance to Gulf of
9 A . M . around La Paz and
Furious Fifties storms ranging
Lake breeze wind blowing in- California
from west to east in the south
land from a lake Criador moisture-laden wind
fifty latitudes of the southem
Land breeze w i n d b l ow i n g in Spain
hemisphere
seaward from the land Cyclones counterclockwise
Gale wind of at least 35 miles
Landlash gale-force wind in winds of the northern hemi-
per hour (56 kilometers per
Scotland sphere—often called tropical
hour)—a high wind
Leste Sirocco in Madeira and cyclones: hurricane in West
Garmsal hot wind of Turkestan
nearby North African coastal Indies, typhoon in China Sea,
Garua thick mist or drizzle in
region willy-willy off northwestern
western Peru in winter
Levanter easterly wind charac- Australia, clockwise winds of
Ghibli Libyan name for the Si-
teristic of southern Spain and the southern hemisphere-
rocco
Straits of Gibraltar frequently of great force and
Greco t h e G r e e k w i n d —
Leveche hot dry wind found in considerable duration
easterly wind encountered in
southeastern Spain where it Datoo ocean wind refreshing
the Mediterranean
Gregale northerly wind of
comes from North Africa
Gibraltar Libecio (Italian—Southwest
south central Mediterranean
Doctor sea breeze refreshing Wind)—Genoese wind blow-
area—the Greek gale—often
ing inland from the Mediter- inhabitants of African coasts
a cold northeast wind blowing
ranean and west coast of Australia
from eastern Mediterranean
Lip (Greek—Southwest Wind) Dust Bowl area suffering from
Haboob Sudanese dust storm
Maestral cold north wind af- dust storms as in Oklahoma,
noted for its many colors and
flicting Genoa and Gulf of West Texas, New Mexico, and
gritty intensity
Genoa Arizona
Harmattan dry dusty desert
Maestro northwesterly wind of Dust Devil harmless whirls of
wind blowing to Atlantic
central Mediterranean area dust ascending from the de-
coast of Africa from the Sa-
about Italy and Yugoslavia sert floor as high as 3000 feet;
hara
Maize rains heavy rain from may be as wide as 10 feet
Helm Wind cold northeasterly
February through May in East Easter wind on Oregon’s coast
wind of northern England
Africa East Wind rainy wind charac-
Hokuto northeasterly wind in
Mango showers r a i n s f r o m teristic of many places such
Japan
March through May in mon- as England, New England
Hubbub Sudanese sandstorm
soon regions of Southeast Eecatl (Aztec—Wind)—de-
Huracán ( S p a n i s h — H u r r i -
Asia rived from the wind god
cane)
Mausim (Arabic—Season)— Quetzalcoatl
Hurricane devastating rain-
the monsoon, a seasonal Eliseos northeast trade wind in
filled wind along Atlantic
wind, is derived from mausin Spain
coast of the United States
Medina land breeze felt at port Etesian Wind northerly sum-
originating in the Caribbean
of Cadiz in southwestern mer wind found in the eastern
and Gulf of Mexico; hurri-
Spain Mediterranean
cane months recalled by these
lines: June—too soon; July—
Meltemi ( Tu r k i s h — E t e s i a n
Euros ( G r e e k — S o u t h e a s t Wind)
stand by; August—look out
Millet rains heavy rain, Octo- Wind)
you must; September—
ber–December in East Africa Favonius ( L a t i n — S o u t h
remember, October—all over
Mistral ( L a t i n — m a s t e r f u l ; Wind)—also known as Foehn
Ibe foehn-type wind blowing
masterly)—the Master or Föhn
through Dzungarian Gate in
Wind—cold dry northerly Flakt a gentle breeze in Sweden
western China near Lake Bal-
wind blowing down Rhone Foehn warm dry mountainous
kash
Valley into Gulf of Lyons— wind characteristic of the
Irish Hurricane a flat calm
cold north wind characteristic Alps where its downward
when no wind blows; also
of Marseilles, southern rush melts snowdrifts rapidly
called Paddy’s hurricane
Jet Stream high-altitude wind
France, and the Rhone Valley
Winds and Rains of the World
Monsoon Asiatic wind blowing
Skiron ( G r e e k — N o r t h w e s t from northeast in winter and
Purga the Siberian blizzard—
Wind) southwest in summer
extremely cold northerly
Smokes heavy mists and low Mud rain rain which has large
wind filled with cutting nee-
clouds on the Guinea Coast dust particles in its drops
dlelike ice crystals and fine
Snoweater foehn-type Chinook Nevados cold Andean winds
dry snow
wind blowing down eastern found in Ecuador
Quara Bulgarian west wind;
slopes of the Rockies in Can- Nor’easter storm blowing from
also called Karajol
ada and the Rocky Mountain the northeast characterized by
Reppu a warm, cyclonic wind
states high winds and rain of three
in Japan
Solano easterly rainy wind of days’ duration
Roaring Forties r o a r i n g
southern Spain and Straits of Norte cold north wind often ex-
storms sweeping from west to
Gibraltar—the Levanter perienced in Central America
east around the southern
Sonora desert wind of Arizona and Mexico
hemisphere in the south forty
Sou’easter rain-filled south- North Canadian icy-cold wind
latitudes
east wind Norther cold north wind char-
Samiel hot, devilish, and dusty
wind of northeast Africa
South Wind along the Mediter-
ranean this is the Sirocco acteristic of Texas; hot dry
Samun (Egyptian—Sirocco)
Sou’wester rain-filled south- foehn-type wind of California
Santa Ana foehn-type hot dry
west wind; oilskin hats, coats, Nor’wester s t o r m b l ow i n g
wind of California usually blowing in late spring, sum-
and pants are also called from the northwest
sou’westers as they offer pro- Notus (Greek—South Wind)—
mer, and early fall; named for
tection from rainy winds the Sirocco
Mexican general who once
Sover or Vento late afternoon Oberwind katabatic wind of the
charged from the north and
winds blowing over Lake Salzkammergut in Austria
seemed to take the path of this
Garda in northern Italy—di- Ora late morning to early after-
wind from north to south
rection is north to south (see noon wind blowing over Lake
Schneefresser (German—Snow-
Ora) Garda in northern Italy—
eater)—foehn wind warming
Squall violent wind of short du- direction is south to north (see
lower mountainsides and val-
ration Sover or Vento)
leys of Switzerland where it
Suchowej desert wind of the Ox’s Eye West African sailor’s
melts the snow drifts almost
steppes of southern Russia name for the hurricane of the
as rapidly as it contacts them
Sudestadas southeasterly pam- Guinea Coast
Scotch mist mist and drizzle
pero-type gales along coasts Paddy’s Hurricane (see Irish
combination common in
of Argentina, Uruguay, and Hurricane)
Scottish highlands
Brazil Pampero c o l d s o u t h w i n d
Sea breeze wind blowing in-
Sumatra squall characteristic blowing offshore in South At-
land from the sea
of Malacca Strait where it oc- lantic and over adjacent
Seistan 120-day wind of Iran in
curs during the southwest coastal pampas or plains of
eastern province of Seistan
monsoon season Argentina and Uruguay—of-
Shamal northerly wind, like the
Taino Haitian hurricane ten carries much dust and rain
Seistan, but found in Iraq over
Tatsumake Japanese tornado Papagayo cold north wind of-
the Tigris-Euphrates plains
Tebbad sand-laden hot wind of ten causing crop damage in
country
Turkestan Costa Rica
Shrieking Sixties s h r i e k i n g
Tehuantepecer c o l d n o r t h Phyrhenerwind f o e h n - t y p e
winds coming from the east-
wind often blowing with hur- wind occurring in the Aus-
erly and southerly sections of
ricane force around the Gulf trian and Bavarian Alps
Antarctica and prevailing in
of Tehuantepec and the pen- Plum rain early summer rain
the south sixty latitudes
Simoon name given the Sirocco
insula of Yucatan Terral land breeze felt in Valpa-
of Japan, when plums are
when it is dirtier and hotter
raiso, Chile ripening, when rice is trans-
than usual as at this time na-
Tokalau northeasterly wind in planted; important to crops
tives believe it is a poisonous wind; a dry hot wind felt on
the Fiji Islands Ponente west wind from the
Tornado violent storm best western Mediterranean; sea
deserts of Africa and Arabia
known for its twisting vertical breeze refreshing west coast
during spring and summer
wind responsible for causing of Italy and sometimes pene-
Sirocco south wind blowing
great damage with little warn- trating as far inland as Rome
from Sahara across North Af-
ing Prester waterspout or whirl-
rica, Mediterranean, and
Tower of Winds o c t a g o n a l wind encountered off the
southern Europe; in North Af-
Greek structure near the Greek Isles
rica it is dry, dusty, and hot
Acropolis in Athens; each of Pruga intense and cold wind in
but after crossing Mediterra-
its eight sides is decorated Alaska
nean arrives in Europe moist
and warm
with a carved-marble allegor-
Winds and Rains of the World
ical figure representing the
Willyway violent squall char- principal winds: North, Bor-
Twister a vertical spiralling cy-
acteristic in Straits of Magel- eas; Northeast, Kaikias; East,
clonic wind often called a tor-
lan Apheliotes; Southeast, Euros;
nado
Willy-Willy Australian cyclone South, Notus; Southwest,
Typhoon the hurricane of the
western Pacific
Wind of One-Hundred-and-
Lips; West, Zephyrus; North-
west, Skiron Twenty Days (see Bad-i-
Uala-andhi dusty Bay of Ben-
Trades Trade Winds (Northeast sad-o-bist roz )
gal squall ushering in the
Trades in northern hemi- Xaloch (Catalan—Sirocco)
southwest monsoon season
(April through June)
sphere blow from northeast-
Xaloque (Spanish—Sirocco) ern subtropics to the equator;
Yalca Peruvian snowstorm oc- Southeast Trades in southern hemisphere blow from south-
Uracano (Spanish American—
Hurricane)—originally hur-
acán
curring in northern Andean mountain passes
eastern subtropics to the
Yellow Wind cold dry wind of equator)
Vendavales s o u t h w e s t e r l y
winds blowing around eastern
Spain and Straits of Gibraltar
eastern Asia depositing loess
Trade Winds n o r t h e a s t i n
dust over much of China northern hemisphere and southeast in southern hemi-
Virazon sea breeze cooling Ca-
Youg hot summer wind of the sphere; the Northeast Trades
diz on southwestern Spanish
coast; afternoon sea breeze—
Mediterranean Zephyrus ( G r e e k — We s t
cool the West Indies and
often reaching gale force at
Wind)—the balmy Zephyr Tramontana Lake Maggiore’s
much of the Spanish Main
Valparaiso on central coast of
Zobaa Egyptian dust whirl or morning wind blowing from
Chile; sea breeze felt along
whirlwind the south and followed by the
coast of Chile and Peru
Zonda westerly foehn wind afternoon wind blowing from
Waimea moisture-laden gusts
characteristic of Argentina the north and called the In-
in Hawaii
and southern Chile where it verna
Westerlies westerly winds
descends the eastern slopes of Tronada (Spanish—thunder-
Willie-Willie I n d i a n O c e a n
the Andes; enervating hot storm)
hurricane
winds felt in Argentina and Tropical cyclone a hurricane
Williwaw violent squall afflict-
Uruguay where the zonda of- Tsumujikaze whirlwind in Ja-
ing mariners attempting pas-
ten precedes a cold pampero pan
sage through the Straits of
Magellan
storm
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