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local wind

[ wind ]

noun

  1. one of a number of winds that are influenced predominantly by the topographic features of a relatively small region.


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Example Sentences

Starting in the far north, that man’s voice worked its way south, reporting each buoy’s local wind speed and direction, plus the direction, height, and interval of open-ocean swell.

A curious local wind at the north-west corner of Langak-tso raised up clouds of dust like the smoke of a burning town.

Because local wind systems dominate the trade winds, these deserts are less stable than other deserts.

The present writer has collected several hundred local wind names—and is constantly adding to the list.

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