A hot, dry east wind that blows from the Sahara Desert across southern Spain and the Mediterranean, typically bringing dust and heat.
From Spanish 'solano,' derived from Latin 'solanus' meaning 'pertaining to the sun.' The term specifically refers to the sun-heated winds from North Africa.
The solano wind can raise temperatures 20 degrees in just hours and carries Saharan dust across Europe—weather stations have recorded solano events bringing red African sand as far north as the UK, essentially proving continents exchange particles.
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