Here is a list of names of winds and their flow.
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Wind Name
|
Flow
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| Alize | Blows from the northeast across central Africa and the Caribbean |
| Bora | Blows from the northeast from Eastern Europe to Italy; can be felt in the city of Trieste, Italy |
| Chinook | Blow down the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains |
| Etesian | Blow from the north across Greece and Turkey |
| Fohn | Blows down then northern slopes of the Alps into Central Europe |
| Fremantle Doctor | Blows fom the Indian Ocean inland eastward to cool the city of Perth, Australia |
| Gregale | Blows from the northeast from Greece towards Malta and Cyprus |
| Harmattan | Blows from the Sahara Desert into the Gulf of Guinea |
| Halny | Blows through the northern Carpathians |
| Khamseen or Khamsin | Blows from North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula towards the Levant |
| Levanter | Blows from the Balaeric Islands (Spain) through the Mediterranean and the Strait of Gibraltar and out to the Atlantic Ocean |
| Libeccio | Blows from the southwest in the Mediterranean Sea to Corsica and Italy |
| Marin | Blows from the Gulf of Lion in the Mediterranean Sea to France |
| Mistral | Blows from central France and the Alps to the Mediterranean |
| Nor’easter | Blow over the North-Eastern United States |
| Santa Ana | Blow down the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada into Southern California |
| Sirocco | Blow from North Africa to Southern Europe |
| Southerly Buster | Blows over Sydney, Australia |
| Tramontane | Blows from the Pyrenees or the Alps to the Mediterranean; Similar to Mistral |
| Vendavel | Blow eastward through the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea |
| Zonda | Blows down the Eastern Slopes of the Andes in Argentina |