A west wind.
Zonal Flow: A west to east movement of air masses.
Zonda: A Fohen (Warm Wind) that is located in the mountain valleys of Argentina, South America.
ZL: Freezing Drizzle.
ZR: Freezing Rain.
In other mountain ranges the foehn has a variety of local names, including chinook in the Rocky Mountains in North America; zonda for a westerly foehn from the Argentine Andes; ljuka in Carthinia (northwestern Croatia); halny wiatr in Poland; ...
Sirocco (southerly from north Africa to southern Europe)
Tramontane (northeasterly from the Alps to the Mediterranean)
Vendavel (westerly through Strait of Gibraltar)
Zonda wind (on the eastern slope of the Andes in Argentina) ...
 See also: Air, Surface, Front, Radar, Latitude
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