Morget

From Glossary of Meteorology



morget

(Also called morgeasson.) The night land breeze on Lake Geneva, Switzerland.

It blows from the north from 5–7
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until 7–9
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as a powerful breeze. In the late fall and winter it blows almost throughout the day. Its complementary lake breeze is the rebat.


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