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HarmattanWind is a dry and dusty northeasterly trade wind, which blows from the Sahara over West Africa into the Gulf of Guinea. The name is related to the word haramata in the Twi language. The HarmattanWind blows during the dry season, which occurs during the months with the lowest sun. On its passage over the Sahara, the Harmattan picks fine dust and sand particles (between 0.5 and 10 microns). HarmattanWind blows in the season of Harmattan, of the same name, in West Aftica that occurs between end of November and middle of March.The HarmattanWind brings desert-like weather conditions: it lowers the humidity, dissipates cloud cover, prevents rainfall formation and sometimes creates big clouds of dust which can result in dust storms or sandstorms.[Wikipedia]
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