scirocco
Hot African wind
A scirocco is a hot, dry wind that blows northward from the Sahara across the Mediterranean, often picking up moisture and bringing oppressive, humid weather to southern Europe.
The wind carries fine dust that coats surfaces and creates hazy skies.
Also spelled sirocco.
The scirocco had been blowing for three days, and tempers were short.
Severe sustained wind
- breezeLight, gentle air movement
- gustBrief wind surge
- mistralCold Provençal northwester
- haboobIntense wind-driven sand wall
zephyr · bora · chinook · harmattan · monsoon · trade-winds · squall · bluster
Prolonged abnormally high temperatures
- humidityMoisture in atmosphere
- oppressiveUnjustly harsh or stifling
- muggyUnpleasantly warm and humid
- sultryHot, humid, or alluring
stifling · sweltering · suffocating · broiling · torrid · scorching · parching · withering
gale
Severe sustained wind
haboob · zephyr · bora · chinook · harmattan · monsoon · trade-winds · squall · bluster · draft
Sahara
Largest hot desert
dust · parching · sandstorm · erg · reg · wadi · barren · drought · aridity · desolation
heatwave
Prolonged abnormally high temperatures
- humidityMoisture in atmosphere
- oppressiveUnjustly harsh or stifling
- muggyUnpleasantly warm and humid
sultry · stifling · sweltering · suffocating · broiling · torrid · scorching · parching · withering · relentless
dust
Fine settled particles
- hazeMurky atmospheric suspension
- gritDetermination or abrasive particles
- particlesMinute pieces of matter
silt · sediment · reddish · ochre · murk · pall · irritation · lethargy · headache · malaise
Sicily
Mediterranean's biggest island
Sardinia · Corsica · Adriatic · Ionian · Aegean · Levantine · North African · coastal · maritime · shipping
sciroccobora
Cold Adriatic gale
north wind · mistral · cold front · arctic wind · norther