Does the Calima have a seasonal occurrence or can it blow in at any time and, as a matter of interest, does it affect any of the other islands?
Waggy this site suggests "it is particularly prevalent in winter"
http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/reports/wind/The-Calima.htm
You may also find this of interest
http://apalmet.es/AnimacionCalima.php
Thanks very much MLA: your first link is a good explanation and your second link animations are quite spectacular - the Caribbean to beyond central Asia! We get traces of Sahara sand here in the UK at times, too.
Quote from: waggy on January 22, 2016, 11:30:00 AM
We get traces of Sahara sand here in the UK at times, too.
That is caused by the sirocco, nothing to do with the calima.
Okay, its a wind as well, but so is the mistral.
All I know is that I would rather have rain, hail, sleet, snow, wind, ice, red hot weather (or any other type of weather come to that) than a Calima, its the most oppressive and depressive type of weather on planet earth, I hate them with a vengeance.