Winds
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Steady current of air blowing towards the equator from the north east and the south east | Trade winds |
Seasonal winds which blow briefly over india, Indo- china, China & North-west Australia. It enjoys summer rains and winter drought | Monsoon |
Regular winds which blow outside of the tropics in the temperate zones; What name is given to the irregular winds which blow in the temperate zone | Westerlies (Roaring Forties) |
Hotor dry wind winds on the eastern or Leward side of the Rocky mountains (rain shadow area). As these winds descend from the mountain they are pressed down and become heated. Similar winds on the north of the Alps are called Fohn | Chinook |
Hot moist wind which blows from the sahara desert across to Itally | Sirocco |
Hot moist wind which blows from the sahara desert to the Iberian Peninsula | Solano |
Hot dry wind blowing from the interior of west Africa | Harmattan |
Very cold wind which blows down from the plateau of central France; very cold and dry north wind that blows off the coast of France into the the Gulf of Lyons | Mistral |
Cold dry wind blowing outwards from Hungary to the north of Itally | Bora |
Cold dry wind blowing down on the western side of the Andes | Punas |
Irregular local winds which swirls around a low pressure area. Chiefly found in latitudes 350 to 600 (doldroms) | Cyclones |
Irregular local winds which swirls around a high pressure area | Anticyclone |
A severe tropical storm which revolves around a low pressure area (the eye) usually between 160 & 240Km/h | Hurricane |
Blinding storm or snow and wind common in the polar regions | Blizzard |
Name given to cyclones which occurs over the China seas | Typhoon |
Streams of water crossing the oceans following the direction of the prevailing winds | Ocean Current |
Violent cyclonic storms which occur in some parts of the United States & cause great destruction. | Tornadoes |
Narrow band of very fast winds found at altitudes 0f 10-16km in the upper troposphere; strong head winds in Japan that blows towards the Pacific Ocean | Jet Streams |
Cold dry winds blowing from the west, southwest or south on the pampas in the south of Argentina called? | Pampero |
name is given to the equatorial belt within which trade wind zones converge | Doldrums |
a wind-driven surface current that is part of the North Atlantic Gyre | Canerie current |
Name given to the tropical cyclones off the coast of Queensland, Australia. | Willy Willies |
cold occean curent flowing north along the western coast of South Africa | Benguella |
Hot south easterly wind which blows over the Canery Island | Levanto |
Strong cold north easterly wind which blows in Mexico which blows along the shores of the gulf of Mexico | Norte |