sirocco (redirected from scirocco)

sirocco (sərŏk`ō) [Ital., from Arab. sharq=east], hot, dust-laden, dry, southerly wind originating in the N African desert (most commonly in the spring) and reaching Italy and nearby Mediterranean areas. The term more generally denotes any oppressive, warm, southerly or southeasterly wind in this region.

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sirocco

 or scirocco

Warm, humid wind over the Mediterranean Sea and southern Europe, where it blows from the south or southeast and brings rain and fog. It is produced on the front sides of low-pressure centres that travel eastward over the southern Mediterranean. It originates over North Africa as a dry wind and picks up moisture as it crosses the Mediterranean.

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sirocco

1. a hot oppressive and often dusty wind usually occurring in spring, beginning in N Africa and reaching S Europe

2. any hot southerly wind, esp one moving to a low pressure centre

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sirocco [sə′rä·kō]

(meteorology)

A warm south or southeast wind in advance of a depression moving eastward across the southern Mediterranean Sea or North Africa.