South wind

A south wind is a wind that originates in the south and blows in a northward direction.[1]

Words used in English to describe the south wind are auster, buster (a violent south gale), föhn/foehn (alps), ghibli (Libya with various spellings), friagem (a cold south wind blowing into Brazil from the Antarctic), khamsin (a hot spring wind in Egypt, with various spellings), kona (stormy southwest wind in Hawaii), notus/lodos (see mythology below for origin) and sirocco (North Africa).

  1. ^ Skilling, Tom (18 April 2016). "Ask Tom: Could you explain wind direction terms?". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2019-05-30.