Willy-willy A tropical cyclone (with winds 33 knots or greater) in Australia, especially in the southwest. (Glossary of Weather and Climate) More recent common usage is for dust-devils.
Willy-Willy
A tropical cyclone of hurricane strength near Australia.
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Willy-Willy Australian term for tropical cyclone, hurricane.
Wind Chill The wind can reduce significantly the amount of heat your body retains.
Willy-WillyIn Australia, a dust devil. Also formerly used to denote a tropical cyclone.WindThe horizontal motion of the air past a given point. Winds begin with differences in air pressures.
The word "tornado" comes from the Spanish or Portuguese verb tornar, meaning "to turn." Some common, related slang terms include: twister, whirlwind, wedge, funnel, willy-willy, or rope.
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Browse Related Terms: Indirect Hit, INLD, Landfall, Tropical Cyclone Associated High Winds, Tropical Disturbance, TRPCL, TS, Willy-Willy
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Dust devils form in response to surface heating during fair, hot weather; they are most frequent in arid or semi-arid regions. Other names for dust devils include the 'willy-willy' and the 'cock-eyed bob'.
Usually around 300 miles across, hurricanes are 1,000-5,000 times larger than tornadoes. Hurricanes are known by different names around the world. In Japan they are Typhoons, while Australians call them Willy-Willys.
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: Meteor, Force, Wind Speed, Low, Thunder
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