khamaseen

An oppressive, hot, dusty, south or south-east wind occurring elsewhere in North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Levant, intermittently in late winter through late spring.

According to the Turkish Calendar of Storms, a storm of three days, to be expected around February 1.

Alternative form of khamsin (“hot wind in Egypt”). [A hot, dry wind, common in Egypt, Sudan and the Levant towards the end of March and April, which blows (for about 50 days each year) from the desert, bringing with it hot weather and sand / sandstorms.]