### weather | wind | souther:

Southern blight
* is caused by a fungus
  - usually a minor disease of beans in California
* soilborne fungal disease that remains in the garden from one year to the next.
* white mold at the base of the stem near the soil line.

Southerly
* Southerlies are offshore and gusty.
* is wind

Squall
* are brief, sudden, violent windstorms, often accompanied by rain or snow
  - small-scale feature of disturbed weather embedded in the trade winds
  - snowstorms which have heavy snow showers and only last for a short time
  - stronger as night advances due to more cooling at the cloud tops raising instability
* can bring rain or snow at any time, and storm-driven, rapid drops in temperature are common.
* usually occur in the region south to south west of the High center.

### weather | wind | squall:

Snow squall
* are brief but intense periods of snow, accompanies by strong gusty winds.
* arrive quickly, but they also tend to pass just as fast.
* can develop rapidly in high elevations of the Rocky Mountains.

Stellar wind
* blow through galaxies, transferring huge amounts of energy.
* play a role in the evolution of nearly all stars at some point in their history.

### weather | wind:

Strong wind
* Some strong wind causes air.
* are a handicap to some tender plants
  - associated with storms or the dry season
  - detrimental to the development hurricanes from thunderstorm complexes
  - infrequent in summer and mostly associated with thunderstorms
  - more dangerous than still weather because they dry people out
* blow clouds round and round the eye
  - in an anti clockwise direction
  - loose soil from the ground after plowing, especially during droughts
* blowing over loose soil or sand is what causes sandstorms.
* can actually move a golf ball at rest, especially when on a putting surface
  - also make outside work on ladders or rooftops more dangerous
* can blow birds off their course
  - up big dust storms
  - break branches onto power lines causing power outages
* can cause abrasion, tearing and desiccation
  - damage that is equal to, or worse than, a tornado
  - structural failure and turn loose objects into deadly missiles
  - change heights and times significantly
  - damage plants, so avoid windy sites, or construct or plant suitable windbreaks
  - flow through gaps at the base of tall buildings
  - increase moisture loss from the soil and vegetation
  - lift into the air water droplets, especially from waves
  - pick up quickly, channelled by the deep fiords
* can produce short, choppy, dangerous and reduced temperatures
  - tornado-like damage
  - snap off the snow laden tops of trees
* can topple trees and houses
  - push cars and trucks off the road
  - whip up great ocean waves that damage ships and flood land
* cause asymmetrical tree growth and mechanical stress.
* combined with temperatures in the teens or twenties cause frostbite in minutes.
* create blowing snow by picking up old or new snow
  - large waves
* creates blizzard conditions
* damages windows.
* drives storms.
* eject particles from the sur- face in a mode of transport called saltation.
* force water from beneath the ice and can decay the edges of the ice.
* increase the concentration of oxygen available to the fire.
* lift more dust off the ground, which further heats the atmosphere.
* occur more frequently along the arctic coast than in the continental interiors.
* pushes seeds
* reduce the temperature contrast by mixing together the city and rural air.
* result from large pressure gradients.
* uproots plants.
+ Tristan da Cunha, Geography, Climate: Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
  * On Gough it is a few degrees colder. 1700 mm annually at the Tristan Settlement, and 3300 mm at Gough. Strong winds are common. Wind speed increases strongly with altitude, while temperature decreases. Thus, while the lowlands experience quite pleasant weather, the uplands may be covered in snow or battered by very strong winds.