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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 57. Chapters: Santa Ana winds, Monsoon, Monsoon of Indian subcontinent, Chinook wind, Mistral, Anemoi, Loo, List of local winds, Shamal, Khamsin, Tramontane, Bora, Levant, Nor'west arch, Sirocco, Simoom, Winds in the Age of Sail, Fremantle Doctor, Saharan Air Layer, Winds of Provence, Diablo wind, Etesian, Oroshi, East Asian Monsoon, Zonda wind, Harmattan, Squamish, Lodos, Ko ava, Amihan, Helm Wind, Western Disturbance, Witch of November, Marin, Southerly, Brookings effect, Roaring Forties, Tehuano wind, Sundowner, Brickfielder, Coromuel, Pembrokeshire Dangler, Bise, Washoe Zephyr, Cape Doctor, Tehuantepecer, Halny, Gregale, Polar easterlies, Papagayo wind, Pampero Winds, Cordonazo wind, West wind, Furious Fifties, Buran, Bergwind, Kali Andhi, Levantades, Cers, Libeccio, Sudestada, Puelche, Minuano, Leveche, Shrieking Sixties, Abrolhos squall, Protestant Wind, Garua, Ostro, Tropical Easterly Jet, Piteraq, Nashi, Leste, Euroclydon, Light breeze, Khazri, Criv, Vendavel, Sarma, Solano, Chubasco, Poniente, Light air, Elephanta, Bayamo, Norte, Suestado, Gilavar, Puna, Brisote, Warm Braw, Kaver. Excerpt: A Monsoon of the Indian subcontinent is among the several geographically distributed observations of the global monsoons. In the subcontinent, it is one of oldest weather observations, an economically important weather pattern and the most anticipated weather event and unique weather phenomenon. Yet it is only partially understood and notoriously difficult to predict. Several theories have been proposed explaining the origin, the process, the strength, the variability, the distribution and the general vagaries of the Monsoon of the Indian Subcontinent, but our understanding of the phenomenon and its predictability are still evolving. The unique geographical features of the subcontinent, along with associated atmospheric, oceanic and ...
