For other uses, see South wind (disambiguation)

South wind (disambiguation)

South Wind may refer to:*The south wind, a wind that originates in the south and blows north.*South Wind , by Norman Douglas.*South Wind , which operated between Chicago and Florida from 1940 to 1971....

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A south wind is a wind

Wind

Wind is the flow of gases on a large scale. On Earth, wind consists of the bulk movement of air. In outer space, solar wind is the movement of gases or charged particles from the sun through space, while planetary wind is the outgassing of light chemical elements from a planet's atmosphere into space...

 that originates in the south

South

South is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography.South is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points. It is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to east and west.By convention, the bottom side of a map is south....

 and blows north

North

North is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography.North is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west.By convention, the top side of a map is north....

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Words used in English to describe the south wind are auster

Auster (disambiguation)

Auster was, in Roman mythology, the embodiment of the sirocco wind who brought heavy cloud cover and fog or humidity. . It can be used to refer to any wind from the south....

, buster (a violent south gale), föhn/foehn (alps), gibli (Libya

Libya

Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....

 with various spellings), friagem (a cold south wind blowing into Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

 from the Antarctic

Antarctic

The Antarctic is the region around the Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole. The Antarctic comprises the continent of Antarctica and the ice shelves, waters and island territories in the Southern Ocean situated south of the Antarctic Convergence...

), khamsin (a hot spring wind in Egypt

Egypt

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, with various spellings), kona (stormy southwest wind in Hawaii

Hawaii

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), notus (see mythology below for origin) and sirocco

Sirocco

Sirocco, scirocco, , jugo or, rarely, siroc is a Mediterranean wind that comes from the Sahara and reaches hurricane speeds in North Africa and Southern Europe. It is known in North Africa by the Arabic word qibli or ghibli Sirocco, scirocco, , jugo or, rarely, siroc is a Mediterranean wind...

 (North Africa).

Mythology

In Greek mythology

Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece...

, Notus

Notus

Notus may refer to:*Notus - the south wind in Greek mythology .*Notus, Idaho - a town in the United States....

 was the god of the south wind and bringer of the storms of late summer and autumn.