ABSTRACT. - Wind particularities in Oltenia due to the presence of the Carpathian-Balcanic arch. The paper present some results regarding the particularities of the wind in Oltenia in the circumstances of the evolution of an anticyclone of Atlantic origin up to Romania’s longitudes. The study emphasizes the dominating frequency of the wind from the Western direction at the station in Southern Oltenia, whose direction is opposite to the general direction of air movement. The analysis was performed using maps and meteorological data from CMR Oltenia database.
Key Words: The Carpathians, wind intensifications from the West sector, Azoric Anticyclone.