They Call the Wind...

[Ugly Dougly]

...Simoom

A Simoom is a strong, dry, dust-laden desert wind that blows in the Sahara, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, and the desert of Arabia. It is also known as a samiel or a simoon. Its temperature may exceed 54°C and the humidity may fall below 10%. The storm moves in cyclone (circular) form, carrying clouds of dust and sand, and produces on men and animals a suffocating effect. The name means “poison wind” and is given because the sudden onset of a simoom may also cause heat stroke. This is attributed to the fact that the hot wind brings more heat to the body than can be disposed of by the evaporation of perspiration. Simoom kills like lightning. The desert soil is a sea of flaming sand which is why Arabs wear turbans and robes and stay in their tents during the day. The Simoom is a deadly wind which stifles travellers and all sorts of animals, unless they fall prostrate on the ground. This wind rises between the 15th of June and the 15th of August. It whistles with great violence there, appears red and inflamed and kills every living thing that it strikes. But the death which it causes is not its most horrifying effect. The bodies of those who die by it are dissolved, without losing, however, their shape of color, so that it would seem as though they were asleep. If one touches these bodies, the part which is touched remains in the hand.

Thank the gods for Wikipedia, huh?

[Bin Noddin]

or... Nasseem

a soft, warm spring wind, smelling of flowers.

[Badger]

Simoon given birth to by a sirocco?

[Badger]

Another great phenom with a really great name is... Fata Morgana which one can often see on the playa in late spring/early summer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fata_morgana_%28mirage%29

[Otisserie]

When I was in Ghana they had the Harmattan; a strong north wind that carried dust down from the Sahara and turned the sky red for weeks at a time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmattan