What is Scirocco (sirocco)

Scirocco (sirocco) A regional name for one of the types of warm winds from the south which occur around the Mediterranean. It moves ahead of an east¬ward-travelling *depression and brings hot, dry, dusty conditions to Algeria and the Levant. To the north, where its humid¬ity increases very rapidly as it crosses the sea, it brings moist air to the coast of Europe.