A south wind is a wind that originates in the south and blows north.
Words used in English to describe the south wind are auster, buster (a violent south gale), föhn/foehn (alps), gibli (Libya with various spellings), friagem (a cold south wind blowing into Brazil from the Antarctic), khamsin (a hot spring wind in Egypt, with various spellings), kona (stormy southwest wind in Hawaii), notus (see mythology below for origin) and sirocco (North Africa).
In Native American Iroquois tradition, the south wind is brought by the Fawn, and has a warm and gentle temperament reminiscent of the sweet flowers, babbling brooks, and the voices of birds of summer.
Mythology
In Greek mythology, Notus was the god of the south wind and bringer of the storms of late summer and autumn.
South Wind is a 1917 novel by British author Norman Douglas. It is Douglas' most famous book. It is set on an imaginary island called Nepenthe, located off the coast of Italy in the Tyrrhenian Sea, a thinly fictionalized description of Capri's residents and visitors. The novel's discussion of moral and sexual issues caused considerable debate.
In Dorothy Sayers's 1926 detective novel Clouds of Witness, Lord Peter Wimsey goes through the possessions of a murdered man – a young British man living in Paris, whose morality had been put in question. Finding a copy of South Wind Wimsey remarks "Our young friend works out very true to type".
Travis Edmonson Well, I know I don't have to be told that the North wind is chilly and cold. Well, I know. Far from the South wind I ran. Now, I'm a lost and lonely man. Well, I know. Had a little girl but she left me. (Repeat twice) Well, I know. She took the sun and left me the rain And left me the sorrow and all of the pain. Well, I know. She took my love and left me torn. Now, I'm lonely and forlorn. Well, I know. All of my love done left me. (Repeat twice) Well, I know. She told me someday she'd return If the sun should freeze or the Earth should burn. Well, I know. But now she's gone and in the sky The wind alone can hear me cry. Well, I know. Had a little girl but she left me. (Repeat twice)
South-southeast wind around 10 mph... South southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph ... South southeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph ... South wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
The storm’s main event is shaping up to be a widespread severe thunderstorm outbreak across the Mississippi Valley and the south from Friday afternoon, with the threat of tornadoes, damaging wind gusts and large hail.
Winds remain light out of the east for much of the day out of the east. A few areas south of Duluth will look to get up into the upper 50s with a few low 60s ... showers continue as winds pick up.
Forecasters say the severe storm threat will continue into the weekend, with a moderate chance of tornadoes and damaging winds pushing farther south Saturday to areas including New Orleans and Birmingham, Alabama.
Look at heavy snow falling and hear the wind in northern Arizona as it moves through Bellemont with near zero visibility on March 13, 2025 ... A wind advisory was issued for south and central Arizona until 8 p.m.
In Africa, solar, wind and geothermal projects are gaining momentum as countries look to reduce their dependence on fossil fuels, lower carbon emissions and increase people’s access to electricity.
A man died, and three of his family members were injured when their RV flipped several times during a strong storm at the Texas Motorplex, about 25 minutes south of Dallas. Winds up to 90 mph (145 kph) ...
The LakewayArea is in for some choppy weather with high winds and possible hail over the weekend, but, as of right now, it’s looking like the worst of the weather should pass to its south ....
Heavy snow and high winds in the Great... Forecasters say strong winds and warm, dry weather farther south pose a critical risk of wildfires in northwest Texas, Oklahoma and a portion of southeast Kansas.
Heavy snow and high winds in the Great... Forecasters say strong winds and warm, dry weather farther south pose a critical risk of wildfires in northwest Texas, Oklahoma and a portion of southeast Kansas.
Heavy snow and high winds in the Great... Forecasters say strong winds and warm, dry weather farther south pose a critical risk of wildfires in northwest Texas, Oklahoma and a portion of southeast Kansas.
South winds will be 5 to 10 mph... South winds will be 5 to 10 mph ... South-southeast wind 5 to 10 mph, becoming west after midnight ... South-southeast wind around 10 mph ... South southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Winds will ... Highs stay in the 40s for much of the region, although as winds turn to out of the southwest in SouthDakota, we will start to see another gradual warm-up heading to the start of next week.
South southeast wind around 8 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph ... South southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph ... South southeast wind 6 to 8 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph ... South wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.
Winds will continue Saturday with chances of ...Light south and southeast winds ... South wind of 11-16 mph with gusts as high as 32 mph ... South winds of 14-18 mph with gusts as high as 32 mph expected.Sunday.
