sirocco
Saharan dust carrier
A sirocco is a hot, dry wind that blows northward from the Sahara Desert across the Mediterranean, often carrying fine sand and dust.
By the time it reaches southern Europe, it may pick up moisture and arrive as a humid, oppressive wind.
The word extends to any hot, dusty wind from arid regions: The sirocco made the afternoon unbearable.
Largest hot desert
- sandFine rock particles
- dunesWind-formed sand ridges
- aridDevoid of water
- nomadHomeless wanderer by choice
caravan · oasis · mirage · sandstorm · barren · desolation · wasteland · sunbaked
Severe sustained wind
- gustBrief wind surge
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
- blastSudden forceful burst
- breezeLight, gentle air movement
zephyr · mistral · harmattan · foehn · chinook · bora · haboob · airstream
Wind-driven desert grit
- gritDetermination or abrasive particles
- particulatesMinute airborne solids or droplets
- hazeMurky atmospheric suspension
- visibilityRange of clear sight
airborne · sediment · silt · debris · ash · murkiness · opacity · red dust
Extremely hot, uncomfortably so
- torridExtremely hot or passionate
- sultryHot, humid, or alluring
- humidContaining much moisture
- oppressiveUnjustly harsh or stifling
stifling · blistering · searing · suffocating · parching · scorching · muggy · heatwave
Sahara
Largest hot desert
nomad · caravan · oasis · mirage · sandstorm · barren · desolation · wasteland · sunbaked · drought
gale
Severe sustained wind
breeze · zephyr · mistral · harmattan · foehn · chinook · bora · haboob · airstream · tempest
sandstorm
Wind-driven desert grit
- gritDetermination or abrasive particles
- particulatesMinute airborne solids or droplets
- hazeMurky atmospheric suspension
visibility · airborne · sediment · silt · debris · ash · murkiness · opacity · red dust · Saharan dust
sweltering
Extremely hot, uncomfortably so
oppressive · stifling · blistering · searing · suffocating · parching · scorching · muggy · heatwave · fever
Sicily
Mediterranean's biggest island
- MaltaMediterranean island country
- SardiniaItalian autonomous island region
- CorsicaFrench Mediterranean island
Tunisia · Libya · Algeria · Morocco · Italy · Greece · Spain · Ionian · Adriatic · Aegean
- windbreeze, wind, gale, gust, gusts
- windswind, breeze, gust, gusts, gale
- African ClimateSahara, Sahel, Kalahari, Namib, arid
- Sahara ecologyfennec fox, dromedary, dromedaries, camels, dunes
- local windsland breeze, Santa Ana winds, mistral, bora, chinook
- named windstrade winds, harmattan, bora, northeaster
siroccomistral
Cold Provençal northwester
bora · norther · blizzard · arctic wind · north wind