South wind

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under south wind (disambiguation) .

South wind is the geographical name for a wind that comes from southerly wind directions - in particular meridional wind , a wind that blows roughly along a meridian.

In Europe, and especially in the Mediterranean region , “south wind” is also associated with dry wind , often enriched with Saharan dust .

• Alpenföhn

To the hot southern desert wind

• for Tripoli ( Libya ) and Tunisia see Gibli
• in the North African-Arab region see Samum (wind)
• in Libya , Egypt and in Israel / Palestine see Chamsin and Sharav .

See also : east wind , west wind zone