Solaire

From Glossary of Meteorology



solaire

A name generally applied to winds from an easterly direction (i.e., from the rising sun) in central and southern France. Local variants are soulédras, soulèdre.

In the Morvan Mountains the soulaire blows from the south.
Compare matinal, solano.


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