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harmattan

In meteorology, a dry and dusty northeast wind that blows over West Africa.



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The warning light for Harmattan winds will be continuous vertical glare (white) on all oases of trans-Saharan N.
From the direction of the wind whenever it has fallen, and from its having always fallen during those months when the harmattan is known to raise clouds of dust high into the atmosphere, we may feel sure that it all comes from Africa.
So that Monsoons, Pampas, Nor-Westers, Harmattans, Trades; any wind but the Levanter and Simoom, might blow Moby Dick into the devious zig-zag world-circle of the Pequod's circumnavigating wake.
 
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