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- Bentu de Soli - An east wind on the coast of Sardinia
- Mistral - A cold dry wind which blows from the north over the north-west coast of the Mediterranean Sea
- Willy-Willy - A tropical cyclone in the south west of Australia
- Suestado - A storm with south-easterly gales off the coasts of Argentina and Uraguay
- Squamish - A strong wind occurring in many of the fjords of British Columbia
- Levanto - A hot south-easterly wind which blows over the Canary Islands
- Knik Wind - A strong south-easterly wind in the region of Palmer in Alaska
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More Winds:
(VW) Golf
(VW) Polo
(VW) Passat
(VW) Bora
(VW) Scirocco
And the Fremantle Doctor - a regular westerly wind that comes over Perth in the afternoons.
Oh and I'd like to know where you got your info from - last I looked, a willy-willy was a small whirlwind that moves fast across land. Usually full of dust and only last a few minutes.
Apart from anything else, not sure how you get a tropical cyclone in south west Australia.
Willy-willy: A tropical cyclone (with winds 33 knots or greater) in Australia, especially in the southwest. More recent common usage is for dust-devils."
Ref: Glossary of Weather and Climate, American Meteorological Society (December 1996) [ISBN-13 978-1878220196] :P
The south-west part still gets me. When you hit the south-west, it's no longer a tropical area so would it therefore not just be a cyclone? :)
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