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Pampero

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pampero [päm′per·ō]
(meteorology)
A wind of gale force blowing from the southwest across the pampas of Argentina and Uruguay, often accompanied by squalls, thundershowers, and a sudden drop of temperature; it is comparable to the norther of the plains of the United States.

Pampero 

a cold storm wind of southerly direction in Argentina and Uruguay, sometimes accompanied by rains or thunderstorms. It is connected with the passing of cold fronts and intrusions of antarctic air.



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In a pampero off the River Plate we speculate, if we are disabled, of running in to Buenos Ayres, the "Paris of America," and I have visions of bright congregating places of men, of the jollity of raised glasses, and of song and cheer and the hum of genial voices.
 
 
 
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