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List the main causes for development of local winds.

Atmospheric Pressure & Winds

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The main causes for development of local winds are:

  1. Unequal heating of land and sea resulting into land and sea breezes.
  2. Heating and cooling of the mountain slopes.
  3. Local winds originating because of the deformation of air currents, crossing of mountain ranges and physical barriers.
  4. Convectional Local Winds caused by steep pressure gradients and steep variations in local temperatures.

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