We, the residents of city apartments, and unaware, however played an important role in the life of our ancestors wind.On which side of the world they blew what the weather brought with them, sometimes life depended on sea and land travelers.In ancient times and ancient people did not know of natural causes, which arise suddenly sandstorms and wrecking everything in its path of hurricanes.Therefore, the name of the winds of the Greeks and Romans were anthropomorphic.They are portrayed as a mighty winged deities.The element does not know pity and mercy, so brothers winds born, according to the beliefs of the Greeks, from the lord of the sky Astrea and Eos the goddess of dawn, they were cruel and headstrong.
particularly feared Greek sailors gusty squalls from Thrace.Northwind - so was called the north wind.The name of the long-haired and bearded fierce deity appears in the works of Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey» (VIII century BC.).Boreas was Norov did not like his brothers note and Zephyr.He kidnapped the daughter of the Athenian king Orifov, who bore him "boreads" - Kalaida and Zeta.But the Romans were trying to appease the god of sacrifice Aquillon cold wind blowing from the snow-capped Alps.
name appears northerly winds and other nations.Just north of Greece and Rome deity Boreas gradually transformed into a forest.Now, we can give an explanation of the sudden and blowing a few days to a week this Ice Vortex.In autumn, when the sea still keeps the summer heat, and the mountain peaks already frostbitten, there is a large difference in atmospheric pressure.Cold air masses avalanche roll to the sea, carrying squalls, hurricanes and a cold snap that ships upwind acquire three-meter layer of ice.Bora blows on the Adriatic and the Black Sea.It is particularly fierce in Novorossiysk.
But not only seafarers know the name of the northern winds.The shepherds in the Alpine valleys of Switzerland and France steal their herds in the shelter before moving bizy.It is a cold and dry wind blowing from the snow-capped peaks down.The nature of its origin is the same as that of the forests.Similar to bizoy and the mistral, which is sung in a romantic song.However, when the wind will blow, people are not so far as to indulge "in the far distance."He's cold, gusting brings dry and cold weather.Residents of the Cote d'Azur much more like its opposite: warm and dry and the wind of Arabia - the sirocco.Sears brings Occitania cold and rains from the Bay of Biscay and the Mediterranean caves Tramontana winter storm.
And what is the name of the north winds from Russian?Yes to Baikal alone as many as five.It is also mentioned in the song barguzin, which calls for "turning the shaft" - is a powerful and smooth northwest vortex.It is favorable for navigation.But sarma - a real hurricane that at a speed of 80 m / s fetches directly from Yakutia icy Arctic air mass.There are verkhovik, a night owl, and Chistyakov hvius.But do not forget that the name of the northerly winds are not all peoples is the arrival of frost.For example, the harmattan, which blows directly from the Sahara, brings to the Guinean coast dry heat and clouds of red dust.
