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Names of Winds
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Abrego - Moderate south-western wet wind in the south-west of Spain, accompanied by short but heavy rains.
Abrolhos - Winter squalls with rains on the south-eastern coast of Brazil.
Agueil - Cold western wind in the southern part of Cévennes (France).
Aiguolas - See Agueil.
Albé - Warm and wet south-western wind in the eastern Pyrenees.
Albertville - Dry north-western wind in the Albertville valley (in the basin of the Isère river, France).
Albtalwind - Night mountain wind on the Alpine meadows of the northern Schwarzwald.
Alisio - Dry north-eastern trade-wind on Canary Islands.
Allerheiligenwind - Warm wind in the Alps.
Allerseelerwinter - Unsteady northern winds early in November in Central Europe.
Almwind - Southern wind that blows from Hungary and Slovakia in Zakopane (Poland).
Aloup de vent - Cold night wind in Brevennes valley (France).
Alpach - See Aperwind.
Altanus - Sea wind. See Autan.
Amba - Soft, fresh southern wind in the basin of the Rhône river (France).
Amont - Wind that blows from the upper reaches of rivers in France.
Andro - Moderate, sometimes strong southern wind on Lake Garda (Italy).
Angin - Breeze on the Malaysia islands.
Aouro - Soft dry moderate western wind in the south of France.
Apaapaa - Storm wind in Hawaii.
Aparktias - Northern wind in Greece.
Apeliotes - Warm eastern wind in Greece.
Aperwind - Spring Föhn in the Alps.
Apheliotes - Warm eastern wind in Greece.
Aquilo - Cold northern or north-eastern wind in Rome.
Aracaty - North-eastern wind in Ceara state (Brazil).
Ardennes (vent d’) – Wind from Ardennes: in the south of the mountains it is northern; in the north of France it is south-eastern.
Argestes - Dry west-north-western wind in Greece.
Ari - Winter north-eastern wind in the Jura department (France).
Arifi - See Sirocco.
Arménaz - Western wind in Frontignan (Savoie department, France).
Arouergue - Strong, gusty, warm and wet west wind in the south of the Massif Central (France).
Arsine - Western wind with storm and hail in the valley of the Guisan river (Hautes-Alpes department, France).
Arves - Western wind from the Jarrier pass in Savoie (France).
Asgardweg - Track of destruction left by trombe (tornado) in Sweden.
Asifat - Tropic cyclone on the Arabian Sea.
Aspre - Soft and dry north-eastern wind that blows from the mountains of the Massif Central to the Garonne lowland (France).
Auster - Warm southern, sometimes south-western wind in Rome and the Mediterranean area.
Austroafricus - South-south-western wind in Italy.
Autan – Strong south-eastern or eastern wind in the south of France.
Aval - Up-valley wind on the Atlantic coast of France.
Avgongadaur - A period of windless weather on Faroe Islands.
Avre - A wind in Luc-en-Dioi (Drôme department, France), which is warm in winter and cold in summer.
Ayalas - Strong warm south-eastern wind in the Massif Central (France).
Aziab - Chamsin moistened over the Red Sea.
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