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Williwaw A sudden blast of wind descending from a mountainous coast to the sea, in the Strait of Magellan or the Aleutian Islands.
It is usually given local names, such as Knik, Matanuska, Pruga, Stikine, Taku, Take, Turnagain, or Williwaw. ALBEDO The percent of reflectivity of wavelengths of an object's surface.
The downslope air flow that blows through the Alaskan valleys. It is usually given local names, such as Knik, Matanuska, Pruga, Stikine, Taku, Take, Turnagain, or Williwaw.
ALBEDO ...
See line squall, white squall, williwaw. 2. In nautical use, a severe local storm considered as a whole, that is, winds and cloud mass and (if any) precipitation, thunder and lightning.
ALASKAN WINDS
The downslope air flow that blows through the Alaskan valleys. It is usually given local names, such as Knik, Matanuska, Pruga, Stikine, Taku, Take, Turnagain, or Williwaw.
Similar gusty, cold winds in northern latitudes are called the williwaw (not to be confused with the Australian willy-willy, which is a hurricane). The harmattan of the West African coast is also a dry land wind blowing from December to February.
 See also: Degree, Wind, Air, Weather, Meteor
  
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