Chamsin

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Cham`sin´

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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The bullet was faster than him," school Director Raghida Abdel-Hamid Chamsin told the Thomson Reuters Foundation, speaking from her office.

Tripoli students get classes in surviving war, disasters

Por exemplo, na Italia e o Siroco, o "pai da depressao"; na Espanha e o Leveccio; no Egito tem o Chamsin; na Argentina, o Zonda; na Franca ha o Autan e o Mistral; o Saara tem o Simoon, enquanto o Sharav e o Chamsin sao encontrados no Oriente Medio e em Israel; no Havai sopra o Kona; na Noruega, o Bora; na Austria, o Fohn; em Salzburg ha o Tauerwind; no Danubio superior, o Pyrnwind; Lyon sofre com o Vento de Midi; a California, com o Santa Ana; no leste das Montanhas Rochosas e no noroeste do Canada sopra o Chinook (SARTORI, 2016).

The influence of regional wind on thermal sensation of walking in open urban spaces: case study of the north wind in Santa Maria-RS/A influencia do vento regional na sensacao termica de pedestres em espacos urbanos abertos: estudo de caso do vento norte em Santa Maria- RS

It was an October chamsin, an unusual time of hot desert wind and rainless days.