"Night marshmallow streams ether, " - said in one of the poems of A.S. Pushkin. Here the word "marshmallows" acts as a designation of the wind in general, but usually this word denoted a specific wind.
Zephyr belongs to the category of local winds that differ from the main direction of the general atmospheric circulation. Such winds are constant for a particular area, where they have a significant impact on the weather. Along with marshmallows, such winds include barguzin on Lake Baikal, garmsil in the foothills of the western Tien Shan, and the mistral in Provence.
Marshmallows - West Wind
The word "marshmallows" is translated from Greek as "western". This wind, beginning in spring, dominates the east of the Mediterranean Sea. It reaches its greatest strength by the time of the summer solstice.
The nature of the wind varies in the eastern and western parts of the Mediterranean. In both areas it is a warm wind, but in the east its dominance is associated with rains and storms, while in the west it does not bring the weather to worse, remaining a pleasant, “caressing” warm wind. This wind is so powerful and fast that the ancient Greeks considered it a messenger of the gods.
Such a difference in the properties of marshmallows in the eastern and western parts of the Mediterranean is even reflected in ancient Greek mythology. In the far west, the Greeks "placed" the Blessed Isles - a happy country where righteous people live, as well as those to whom the gods granted immortality. In these parts, where there are never storms or rains, it’s marshmallows.
