Abhishek SharmaCSE 2024 · 232 wordsTheir whole copy
Opening · a definition
Local winds refer to winds blowing due to regional pressure & temperature differences, generally covering a small area. Eg - Sirocco, Berg, Chinook etc.
Body · points and prose
These winds have multiple impacts on the regions the blow across.
| Wind | Region | Impact |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Chinook | Over rockies (N. Am.) | → warm winds |
| hence melt the snow in USA plains | ||
| ↳ known as snow eater | ||
| (2) Foehn | Over Alps (Switzerland) | → same impact as Chinook (European snoweater) |
| (3) Sirocco | Over Mediterranean | → Takes sand from Sahara & moisture from mediterranean |
| ↳ cause "Blood rain" in S. Europe. | ||
| (4) Blizzard | Canada | → cold winds |
| → Bring snow from polar regions into Canada | ||
| (5) Loo, Zonda, Brickfielder, Norwester | (India) | |
| (S. Am.) | ||
| (Australia) | ||
| (NZ) | } all of these are very warm winds create excessively high temperature during summer months. |
| (6) Harmattan & Berg | W. & S. Africa | → also known as Doctor winds ↳ bring drier conditions & stop rainfall (offshore) treating diseases |
Thus local winds have multiple impacts → climate, rainfall, economy, lifestyle etc. and are thus important for us to understand.
Close · a summary
Other local & seasonal winds include sea and land breeze and anabatic & catabatic winds
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