Names of Winds

 Have you ever experienced a Barber? Or perhaps a Knick? 

 Rime deposited by wind. Photo courtesy of westcoast-mountainguides.co.uk.

 Those two might be mutually exclusive, but perhaps knot... see what I did there? That's right, we are talking about wind. Not any particular wind, but many particular winds. I'm sure many of us have heard of a chinook, but there are föhn winds the world round as well as a number of types of winds. Those winds who blow consistently have been named and ggweather.com has been kind enough to put a list together for us. So if you like to nerd out on weather, or are just looking to spruce up your cocktail party small talk, take a look at this list of wind names. It might just blow you away, like a Gregale working its way across the Mediterranean.