We have terrible north winds here in Melbourne in summer. The winds come off the inland deserts and bring all sorts of dust etc with them. The temperature climbs with the wind over a period of 3-4 days until it gets up to about 42oC and then a cool change will come with a south easterly wind.It burns all the vegetation and makes the dogs bark and the kids fight. Mothers of babies have lots of breastfeeding problems if they don't know how to cope with a breastfed baby in hot weather ie lots of short frequent feeds in the day and more leisurley ones at night when it is comparatively cool. I live by the beach and can smell the change coming as it comes off the bay (salty) before it arrives. Our weather reports tell us how fast the "change" is travelling and when it will reach us and we wait out in our gardens because it is wonderful when it arrives. The temperature usually drops at least 10oC in 30 mins when this phenomenon happens. Melbourne is known as the city which can have 4 seasons in one day. At least it's not boring!! regards Jackie