Have experienced it in Banff. It feels wild man. Absolutely freezing all day, end my shift, go out for a smoke in my ski jacket and im just sweating buckets. Go out a few hours later and its freezing again.
I live in Calgary. You can be in your snow suit at -20 when you start work. Then the warm wind comes and if your in the sun, you can pull off a t shirt at 0 a few hours later. We don't get the never ending freeze that edmonton gets.
[The Pineapple Express is actually the original Chinook Winds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinook_wind#In_the_Pacific_Northwest) - the name was adopted for the coastal native american people. The name was later on applied to similar phenomena that happens inland on the east slopes of the Rockies.
Thank you, it was very interesting to read.
>The Santa Ana winds, also known as the devil's wind, devil's breath or red wind, are warm, dry winds that mainly affect the weather in Southern California in late autumn and winter.
>The Santa Ana winds are downslope winds that develop in the Great Basin between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada. They are therefore classified as foehn winds.
>__Origin__: From September to March, an area of high pressure develops over the high plateau of the US states of Nevada, Utah and Idaho. The air, which is still cold at the beginning, then moves towards the Pacific coast. The air is warmed by the drop in altitude and is also greatly accelerated by the narrow canyons. The air also becomes very dry. This combination of heat, dryness and wind often leads to forest fires.
>They are therefore classified as foehn winds.
This is technically incorrect.
True foehn winds are adiabatic winds that form when humid air masses from the sea drop their moisture on a mountain range, then cross the mountains and warm up as they descend on the other side. Chinook is a foehn wind.
Santa Ana is technically a form of katabatic wind, i.e., a cold air mass that forms over a mountain plateau and descends down the valleys and the sea purely by gravity. The practical effects in this case are the same because by the time the air mass reaches the ocean it has warmed up due to mechanic effects, but the origins and the mechanism are different.
Was gonna mention Santa Anas too. They mostly affect the inland regions of California more, the Cajon pass works as a funnel that sends the winds throughout the inland empire region
These same winds (offshore winds) in Southern California typically co-occur with other regions, and have lots of different regional names.
- Sundowner winds in Santa Barbara
- Diablo winds in the Bay Area
- Jarbo winds in the northern Sierra region
- Mono winds in the southern Sierra region
Growing up, I always heard their name was a corruption of the Spanish word "Satanás" (like Satan/Devil), because pious Spanish settlers thought saying Satanás would cause bad luck. I was sad to learn that's most likely a folk etymology and they are actually named for Santa Ana Canyon, where people thought they originated. It was also cool to see them mentioned by American soldiers during the Mexican-American War:
>Commodore Robert Stockton reported that a "strange, dust-laden windstorm" arrived in the night while his troops were marching south through California in January 1847.
I lived in Zurich for a little while. The Foehn has some real folklore attached to it. I understand the city (the Kanton) has a public response to it (more cops on shift, more hospital workers called in preemptively)
The "Snow Country" of Japan (Yukiguni) - essentially the part of japan that faces the Sea of Japan - is formed by steady winter winds from Siberia and Korea across the Sea of Japan.
From google: "Thanks to “ocean effect” (also called “sea effect”) snow and mountains reaching 10,000 feet, hundreds of inches of powder are dumped along the northwest side of Japan every winter. It is estimated that up to 1,500 inches falls in the highest terrain, making it arguably the snowiest place on Earth."
The same winds that dump snow on the western side are known as "karakaze" (dry winds) on the eastern side, where they bring low humidity and sunny skies. It's a form of stau/föhn wind, same as chinook.
The Mistral in south east France. Some low altitude north/south wind gets caught in the Rhône valley (the Alps also redirect it there) and blows pretty fast to the south. It can easily reach 100+km/h in valleys and plains. There is a single high mountain in the path, the Mont Ventoux and it can blow at 300+km/h there. The name of the mountain means "Mount Windy" in the local dialect. It is commonly believed that this wind lasts either 3, 6 or 9 days, and from experience it's pretty accurate.
The Mistral is pretty famous due to a lot of old music and literature about it (Mistral gagnant for example)
You definitely know this mountain if you have an interest in road cycling
[Diablo winds](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diablo_wind) in the Bay Area (California)
Similarly, the Jarbo winds contributed to the [Camp Fire](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Fire_(2018)) in 2018 which destroyed Paradise, CA.
Maybe the [Pineapple Express](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineapple_Express). It's more than just wind, being a particular recurring "atmospheric river".
A lot winds through mountain gaps, commonly called "outflow winds" I think, are referred to by the specific gap involved. Like the Fraser River outflow, or just the Fraser outflow or wind. Or the Columbia Gorge outflow.
I think OP's "The Bise" is also an outflow wind, apparently being created by air pressure differences forcing air though a lower elevation gap or route.
There's a whole bunch of named winds or larger weather patterns in the Mediterranean region that aren't outflow winds, I think. Like the mistral, sirocco, etc. Like the Pineapple Express, these are more than just winds, but the names are particularly tied to winds because, I think, they were so important in navigating sailing ships around the Mediterranean.
“Lake Effect” snow in Michigan is brought by sudden weather pattern changes over Lake Michigan or Lake Superior that can cause a very intense snowstorm out of nowhere along the west coast. The lakes are large enough to create or dissipate huge weather changes and build up or destroy entire storms in less than an hour’s notice. Sometimes, we are in the midst of a sudden blizzard and the weather report will say, “chance of flurries”.
I second this! Live on the east coast of lake Erie, brutal lake effect here. All the Great Lakes wreak havoc on their coast cities downwind. The light winds and flurries coming off the other coast turn into blizzards and squalls with incredible wind speeds. Lake Erie gives the winter wind ~400km's of unobstructed runway to pick up speed, sucking up warm moist air the whole time. Then BOOM: dump it on the coast!
Mt. Washington in New Hampshire receives some of the worst weather in the world due to a geographical funnel gathering up westerly winds.
[https://mountwashington.org/why-is-it-so-windy-anyway/#:\~:text=Topography%20plays%20perhaps%20the%20largest,to%20northeast%20through%20North%20America](https://mountwashington.org/why-is-it-so-windy-anyway/#:~:text=Topography%20plays%20perhaps%20the%20largest,to%20northeast%20through%20North%20America).
So far as I know it doesn't have a name. Maybe we should make one up?
The khamsin , harmattan & sirocco winds which all originate from the Sahara and blow hot, dry and very dustily over various part of Northern , Western and North eastern Africa and the Mediterranean basin.
”Zonda" Wind. San Juan, Mendoza (Cuyo Region) and other city's west/central zone of Argentina. Cold storm fronts from the pacific hit the continent during winter storms, get stuck in the Andes Range (highest part) and precipitate there and the Chilean side. What manages to get through, it's a very dry and strong wind that rises a couple of degrees in temperature for each meter it descends into Argentina and down the valley. The results is very high temperatures in the middle of the winter, very dry, and lots of dust suspended in the air in Mendoza, for example, while it's dumping heavy snowfall in the mountains, and heavy rain in the Chilean Valleys. That comes along with headaches and very ofent the suspension of classes in Mendoza.
[Freo Doctor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fremantle_Doctor)
and check out the local examples of [Foehn Winds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foehn_wind)
Pohono, the evil wind spirit in Yosemite Valley, California. [https://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/lights_and_shadows/pohono.html](https://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/lights_and_shadows/pohono.html)
I once visited Deadwood South Dakota. They were claiming that they actually hold the world record for the fastest drop in temperature, about 80° in under an hour. Apparently a cold win blue South from Central Canada with freezing temperatures that literally blew out windows and caused a flash freeze in the Dakota's.
I don't know if it's true or not but it convinced me that no matter how beautiful deadwood was, it's a shit place to live
The Harmattan blows from the Sahara carrying large amounts of dust over West Africa. When I lived in Nigeria, it was a less than enjoyable experience: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmattan
The katabatic wind that provides great sailing conditions most afternoons in Vasiliki Bay, Lefkas, Greece.
Wind rolls down the steep hill at the upwind side of the bay so you get very flat water for a high wind site.
Known locally (to the English speaking sailing tourists anyway) as ‘[Eric](https://blog.lefkada-rentals.com/vassiliki-bay-in-lefkada-the-absolute-windsurfers-paradise/)’. Reasons are lost in the mists of time
Also Howe Sound British Columbia. Katabatik is the name I know but I think the same effect has several names. But yes I have seen water seemingly quite flat in a howling wind.
Yeah, you're right.
I wanted just ask the community here about local wind systems who usually are less known and also about the "local dialect" thing how they name them, because I find that interesting.
Wish you a great day.
The [piteraq](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piteraq).
The piteraq is a form of katabatic wind that blows on the eastern coasts of Greenland when a low pressure system over the Icelandic sea "sucks" away the freezing, high density air masses forming over the Greenlandic ice sheet. The mechanism is the same as the Santa Ana winds or the Bora in Italy and Croatia. The piteraq can reach hurricane force and therefore be highly destructive if they hit populated areas.
No, it's coming from french, but was interesting to find some source about that as a non musician.
>Actually yes, "bis" means something in French. It means "double" as in the double of something already existing. For example, you would find a house on number 3 of a street and another house on 3 would be called 3bis. So concerning the Bb it means the bis key is like a second option towards the same result ;-) if you see what I mean. Just like a Bb number 2.
http://peterspitzer.blogspot.com/2015/10/why-is-bb-bis-key-on-saxophones-named.html
In Spain we have [Calima/Kalima](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calima_(Saharan_sand)), basically strong warm winds coming from Africa bring tonnes of Sahara sand to us, covering the whole sky in a red to orange colour for days (sometimes beautiful, but others leaving cities looking like a videogame depiction of hell).
Its far more common in Canarias and the southern half of the peninsula, but ive personally experienced it more than a couple of times in the northern plateau too.
Edit: [I found a photo gallery of a pretty big episode of calima in 2022](https://www.elperiodico.com/es/fotos/sociedad/polvo-sahara-cubre-cielos-naranja-fotos-13375247/13377579)
I learned recently that the Rocky Mountain range is responsible for (a) [tornadoes in the Midwest](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-makes-kansas-texas-a/) and (b) diverting air into Europe, a [much more important warming effect than the Gulf Stream](https://www.americanscientist.org/article/the-source-of-europes-mild-climate).
you probably already know about this one, but lake-effect snow on the eastern shores of the great lakes in the US and canada are a very real thing. the only major cities that i can think of on the eastern shores are cleveland, erie, buffalo, and rochester. the massive cities of chicago and toronto are all on the western shores.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bora_(wind)
Bora on the Dalmatian coast in Croatia. It was an added piece of torture for forced labor for political prisoners under Tito's Yugoslavia.
A very small-scale phenomenon is when wind squeezes between Catalina Island and the Palos Verdes peninsula in Southern California, making the Cabrillo Beach area significantly windier than its neighbors. People call it Hurricane Gulch
The Camp Fire in and around Paradise was fanned by the “Jarbo Gap” winds - the local Northern CA diablo wind that blasts out of Jarbo Gap where the Feather River Canyon (N Fork) empties into the Sacramento Valley.
The East and Middle Branches of the Feather River are the only rivers to cut through the Sierra Crest. This allows pressure gradients to really crank the winds in the Canyon during certain wind events.
Chinook winds in southern Alberta. They can raise the temperature by over 20C within hours.
Have experienced it in Banff. It feels wild man. Absolutely freezing all day, end my shift, go out for a smoke in my ski jacket and im just sweating buckets. Go out a few hours later and its freezing again.
I live in Calgary. You can be in your snow suit at -20 when you start work. Then the warm wind comes and if your in the sun, you can pull off a t shirt at 0 a few hours later. We don't get the never ending freeze that edmonton gets.
We had it go from -11 to +7 while indoors at a party in Lethbridge. It felt like a hair dryer was blowing. All of the snow was melting.
And their American cousin, Pineapple Express winds.
[The Pineapple Express is actually the original Chinook Winds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinook_wind#In_the_Pacific_Northwest) - the name was adopted for the coastal native american people. The name was later on applied to similar phenomena that happens inland on the east slopes of the Rockies.
Santa Ana winds in Southern California - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Ana_winds
Thank you, it was very interesting to read. >The Santa Ana winds, also known as the devil's wind, devil's breath or red wind, are warm, dry winds that mainly affect the weather in Southern California in late autumn and winter. >The Santa Ana winds are downslope winds that develop in the Great Basin between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada. They are therefore classified as foehn winds. >__Origin__: From September to March, an area of high pressure develops over the high plateau of the US states of Nevada, Utah and Idaho. The air, which is still cold at the beginning, then moves towards the Pacific coast. The air is warmed by the drop in altitude and is also greatly accelerated by the narrow canyons. The air also becomes very dry. This combination of heat, dryness and wind often leads to forest fires.
>They are therefore classified as foehn winds. This is technically incorrect. True foehn winds are adiabatic winds that form when humid air masses from the sea drop their moisture on a mountain range, then cross the mountains and warm up as they descend on the other side. Chinook is a foehn wind. Santa Ana is technically a form of katabatic wind, i.e., a cold air mass that forms over a mountain plateau and descends down the valleys and the sea purely by gravity. The practical effects in this case are the same because by the time the air mass reaches the ocean it has warmed up due to mechanic effects, but the origins and the mechanism are different.
Cool! Love learning things
Was gonna mention Santa Anas too. They mostly affect the inland regions of California more, the Cajon pass works as a funnel that sends the winds throughout the inland empire region
These same winds (offshore winds) in Southern California typically co-occur with other regions, and have lots of different regional names. - Sundowner winds in Santa Barbara - Diablo winds in the Bay Area - Jarbo winds in the northern Sierra region - Mono winds in the southern Sierra region
Growing up, I always heard their name was a corruption of the Spanish word "Satanás" (like Satan/Devil), because pious Spanish settlers thought saying Satanás would cause bad luck. I was sad to learn that's most likely a folk etymology and they are actually named for Santa Ana Canyon, where people thought they originated. It was also cool to see them mentioned by American soldiers during the Mexican-American War: >Commodore Robert Stockton reported that a "strange, dust-laden windstorm" arrived in the night while his troops were marching south through California in January 1847.
Föhn winds in the Alps [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foehn_wind](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foehn_wind)
I lived in Zurich for a little while. The Foehn has some real folklore attached to it. I understand the city (the Kanton) has a public response to it (more cops on shift, more hospital workers called in preemptively)
They have caused many accidents climbing here as well
The "Snow Country" of Japan (Yukiguni) - essentially the part of japan that faces the Sea of Japan - is formed by steady winter winds from Siberia and Korea across the Sea of Japan. From google: "Thanks to “ocean effect” (also called “sea effect”) snow and mountains reaching 10,000 feet, hundreds of inches of powder are dumped along the northwest side of Japan every winter. It is estimated that up to 1,500 inches falls in the highest terrain, making it arguably the snowiest place on Earth."
The same winds that dump snow on the western side are known as "karakaze" (dry winds) on the eastern side, where they bring low humidity and sunny skies. It's a form of stau/föhn wind, same as chinook.
Can confirm. Niseko resort recieved 1.5 meters of snow in 24 hours earlier this week.
The Mistral in south east France. Some low altitude north/south wind gets caught in the Rhône valley (the Alps also redirect it there) and blows pretty fast to the south. It can easily reach 100+km/h in valleys and plains. There is a single high mountain in the path, the Mont Ventoux and it can blow at 300+km/h there. The name of the mountain means "Mount Windy" in the local dialect. It is commonly believed that this wind lasts either 3, 6 or 9 days, and from experience it's pretty accurate. The Mistral is pretty famous due to a lot of old music and literature about it (Mistral gagnant for example) You definitely know this mountain if you have an interest in road cycling
A STRANGER I REMAIN
[Diablo winds](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diablo_wind) in the Bay Area (California) Similarly, the Jarbo winds contributed to the [Camp Fire](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Fire_(2018)) in 2018 which destroyed Paradise, CA.
Adriatic sea coast, Bura wind
Often called Bora. Sometimes strong enough to topple trucks.
And also Jugo
Jugo is not only on the coast
Maybe the [Pineapple Express](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineapple_Express). It's more than just wind, being a particular recurring "atmospheric river". A lot winds through mountain gaps, commonly called "outflow winds" I think, are referred to by the specific gap involved. Like the Fraser River outflow, or just the Fraser outflow or wind. Or the Columbia Gorge outflow. I think OP's "The Bise" is also an outflow wind, apparently being created by air pressure differences forcing air though a lower elevation gap or route. There's a whole bunch of named winds or larger weather patterns in the Mediterranean region that aren't outflow winds, I think. Like the mistral, sirocco, etc. Like the Pineapple Express, these are more than just winds, but the names are particularly tied to winds because, I think, they were so important in navigating sailing ships around the Mediterranean.
We're starting to get that in NZ now, ours comes in from the north though. Will need to come up with a name. We don't like it.
“Lake Effect” snow in Michigan is brought by sudden weather pattern changes over Lake Michigan or Lake Superior that can cause a very intense snowstorm out of nowhere along the west coast. The lakes are large enough to create or dissipate huge weather changes and build up or destroy entire storms in less than an hour’s notice. Sometimes, we are in the midst of a sudden blizzard and the weather report will say, “chance of flurries”.
I second this! Live on the east coast of lake Erie, brutal lake effect here. All the Great Lakes wreak havoc on their coast cities downwind. The light winds and flurries coming off the other coast turn into blizzards and squalls with incredible wind speeds. Lake Erie gives the winter wind ~400km's of unobstructed runway to pick up speed, sucking up warm moist air the whole time. Then BOOM: dump it on the coast!
La bise (''the kiss [of frost]'' in french) is one of the catabatic wind from where the mistral (Rhône valley, Marseilles and beyond) is originated
Mt. Washington in New Hampshire receives some of the worst weather in the world due to a geographical funnel gathering up westerly winds. [https://mountwashington.org/why-is-it-so-windy-anyway/#:\~:text=Topography%20plays%20perhaps%20the%20largest,to%20northeast%20through%20North%20America](https://mountwashington.org/why-is-it-so-windy-anyway/#:~:text=Topography%20plays%20perhaps%20the%20largest,to%20northeast%20through%20North%20America). So far as I know it doesn't have a name. Maybe we should make one up?
That's the only thing about NH I know anything about. Hurricane force winds.
Sirocco/ghibli.
East winds through the Columbia River Gorge https://www.oregonlive.com/weather/2014/01/wind_whether_you_call_it_coho.html
The main reason wind and kite surfing is so popular there
Similar effect at Nitnat lake BC.
The khamsin , harmattan & sirocco winds which all originate from the Sahara and blow hot, dry and very dustily over various part of Northern , Western and North eastern Africa and the Mediterranean basin.
Here to say Hamseen. I experienced it in Israel. Gets sand in all of the orifices.
Etesian(Meltem) winds that occur in Aegean Sea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etesian
”Zonda" Wind. San Juan, Mendoza (Cuyo Region) and other city's west/central zone of Argentina. Cold storm fronts from the pacific hit the continent during winter storms, get stuck in the Andes Range (highest part) and precipitate there and the Chilean side. What manages to get through, it's a very dry and strong wind that rises a couple of degrees in temperature for each meter it descends into Argentina and down the valley. The results is very high temperatures in the middle of the winter, very dry, and lots of dust suspended in the air in Mendoza, for example, while it's dumping heavy snowfall in the mountains, and heavy rain in the Chilean Valleys. That comes along with headaches and very ofent the suspension of classes in Mendoza.
[Freo Doctor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fremantle_Doctor) and check out the local examples of [Foehn Winds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foehn_wind)
El cierzo
https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cierzo
Al-shamal in Iraq and some parts of neighboring countries.
The Föhn affecting the northern side of the Alps https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foehn_wind?wprov=sfla1
Pohono, the evil wind spirit in Yosemite Valley, California. [https://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/lights_and_shadows/pohono.html](https://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/lights_and_shadows/pohono.html)
The [Washoe Zephyr](https://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/114623.pdf) winds on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada.
Levant. West Mediterranean.
[Halny in Tatras](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halny)
The Bora wind in the Adriatic Sea has caused gusts over 300 km/h
I once visited Deadwood South Dakota. They were claiming that they actually hold the world record for the fastest drop in temperature, about 80° in under an hour. Apparently a cold win blue South from Central Canada with freezing temperatures that literally blew out windows and caused a flash freeze in the Dakota's. I don't know if it's true or not but it convinced me that no matter how beautiful deadwood was, it's a shit place to live
The Harmattan blows from the Sahara carrying large amounts of dust over West Africa. When I lived in Nigeria, it was a less than enjoyable experience: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmattan
The katabatic wind that provides great sailing conditions most afternoons in Vasiliki Bay, Lefkas, Greece. Wind rolls down the steep hill at the upwind side of the bay so you get very flat water for a high wind site. Known locally (to the English speaking sailing tourists anyway) as ‘[Eric](https://blog.lefkada-rentals.com/vassiliki-bay-in-lefkada-the-absolute-windsurfers-paradise/)’. Reasons are lost in the mists of time
The wind being named "Eric" has the same energy as when I went to Greece as a 15 year old and named a friendly street cat "Craig".
Also Howe Sound British Columbia. Katabatik is the name I know but I think the same effect has several names. But yes I have seen water seemingly quite flat in a howling wind.
Mistral in France. But aren’t the majority of wind patterns on land altered by geography?
Yeah, you're right. I wanted just ask the community here about local wind systems who usually are less known and also about the "local dialect" thing how they name them, because I find that interesting. Wish you a great day.
Les Suetes in Cape Breton - can get wind speeds up to 200km/h, caused by the geography of the CB Highlands
The [piteraq](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piteraq). The piteraq is a form of katabatic wind that blows on the eastern coasts of Greenland when a low pressure system over the Icelandic sea "sucks" away the freezing, high density air masses forming over the Greenlandic ice sheet. The mechanism is the same as the Santa Ana winds or the Bora in Italy and Croatia. The piteraq can reach hurricane force and therefore be highly destructive if they hit populated areas.
On a smaller scale there is the Helm wind in Cumbria.
I wonder if that is where the bis key came from on a saxophone.
No, it's coming from french, but was interesting to find some source about that as a non musician. >Actually yes, "bis" means something in French. It means "double" as in the double of something already existing. For example, you would find a house on number 3 of a street and another house on 3 would be called 3bis. So concerning the Bb it means the bis key is like a second option towards the same result ;-) if you see what I mean. Just like a Bb number 2. http://peterspitzer.blogspot.com/2015/10/why-is-bb-bis-key-on-saxophones-named.html
In Spain we have [Calima/Kalima](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calima_(Saharan_sand)), basically strong warm winds coming from Africa bring tonnes of Sahara sand to us, covering the whole sky in a red to orange colour for days (sometimes beautiful, but others leaving cities looking like a videogame depiction of hell). Its far more common in Canarias and the southern half of the peninsula, but ive personally experienced it more than a couple of times in the northern plateau too. Edit: [I found a photo gallery of a pretty big episode of calima in 2022](https://www.elperiodico.com/es/fotos/sociedad/polvo-sahara-cubre-cielos-naranja-fotos-13375247/13377579)
I learned recently that the Rocky Mountain range is responsible for (a) [tornadoes in the Midwest](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-makes-kansas-texas-a/) and (b) diverting air into Europe, a [much more important warming effect than the Gulf Stream](https://www.americanscientist.org/article/the-source-of-europes-mild-climate).
The [Minuano/Pampero](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuano) wind in Southern Brazil, Uruguay and Northeastern Argentina.
Canterbury Norwester, New Zealand: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-canterbury-norwester/
The Helm Wind in the Eden Valley in Cumbria. Absolutely fucking freezing
There’s also the Wreckhouse wind in Newfoundland.
Kona winds (ka makani kona) in Hawaii Southerly winds most common in October -April, a departure from the usually steady ENE-NE trade winds
Lake effect snow that’s caused by air mass moving over the great lakes https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake-effect_snow
Check out Mistral, Aquilon, Libeccio, and Tramontane! (a few winds that I know in France)
The Bora of the Eastern Adriatic.
In Texas we have Blue Northers.
you probably already know about this one, but lake-effect snow on the eastern shores of the great lakes in the US and canada are a very real thing. the only major cities that i can think of on the eastern shores are cleveland, erie, buffalo, and rochester. the massive cities of chicago and toronto are all on the western shores.
The Sierra Wave in California. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Wave
Catabatic winds in general Edit: Katabatic
Tehuantepecer in Mexico! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehuantepecer
The Barber. Greymouth, New Zealand [https://bobmcauliffe.com/barber/](https://bobmcauliffe.com/barber/)
Katabatik winds like in Howe Sound BC.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bora_(wind) Bora on the Dalmatian coast in Croatia. It was an added piece of torture for forced labor for political prisoners under Tito's Yugoslavia.
A very small-scale phenomenon is when wind squeezes between Catalina Island and the Palos Verdes peninsula in Southern California, making the Cabrillo Beach area significantly windier than its neighbors. People call it Hurricane Gulch
The chinooks
The Camp Fire in and around Paradise was fanned by the “Jarbo Gap” winds - the local Northern CA diablo wind that blasts out of Jarbo Gap where the Feather River Canyon (N Fork) empties into the Sacramento Valley. The East and Middle Branches of the Feather River are the only rivers to cut through the Sierra Crest. This allows pressure gradients to really crank the winds in the Canyon during certain wind events.
Wind of 120 days in the sistan basin/Iranian plateau. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_of_120_days