Tearing up from Antarctica, the trade winds of the Benguela system batter the shoreline night and day.

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"Today forecasters use a comprehensive system (to detect storms) but radar is the foundation because radar detects the circulation of winds that form tornadoes, " Henson said.

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The southwest monsoon system winds its way northward from Kerala, usually covering the entire country by the middle of July.

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Frontal system: weather system where there is a line of separation between cold and warm air masses, usually associated with strong winds.

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Eigg for example has its own renewable energy system so there is no external power, and a number of islands, because of their very strong winds, have a very strong renewable energy programme which works for them economically as well as physically and ethically.

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