Wind types and characteristics
| Type of wind | Past characteristics | Present characteristics |
|---|---|---|
| Duonpeling (rainstorms) | Came with rains (prevalent at beginning and end of the rainy season) | Mostly come without or with little rains |
| Intensive with limited destruction | Very intensive and more destructive | |
| Mostly came from east-west | Uncertainties in terms of directions | |
| More predominant only at the beginning of the rainy season | ||
| Tafaapeling (harmattan winds) | Starts from October-January | Stars from November-December |
| Cold winds both day and night | Mild cold winds at mornings | |
| Normal/low intensity and no destruction | Becoming absent | |
| Blow during day time | Normal intensity | |
| Very cold winds in mornings | Short duration | |
| Kukulpapeling (sweeping winds) | Starts from February-April | Starts from February-April |
| Characterized with regular and intensive whirling winds | Absence/irregular whirling winds | |
| Not destructive | Ineffective winds |
| Type of wind | Past characteristics | Present characteristics |
|---|---|---|
| Duonpeling (rainstorms) | Came with rains (prevalent at beginning and end of the rainy season) | Mostly come without or with little rains |
| Intensive with limited destruction | Very intensive and more destructive | |
| Mostly came from east-west | Uncertainties in terms of directions | |
| More predominant only at the beginning of the rainy season | ||
| Tafaapeling (harmattan winds) | Starts from October-January | Stars from November-December |
| Cold winds both day and night | Mild cold winds at mornings | |
| Normal/low intensity and no destruction | Becoming absent | |
| Blow during day time | Normal intensity | |
| Very cold winds in mornings | Short duration | |
| Kukulpapeling (sweeping winds) | Starts from February-April | Starts from February-April |
| Characterized with regular and intensive whirling winds | Absence/irregular whirling winds | |
| Not destructive | Ineffective winds |