Hot Dry Zone (with cooler winter)

As for the other HOT DRY ZONE, places with this climate are best visited in winter, when warm, dry, sunny days are the norm. Winter nights can be very cold, especially noticeable if you are camping. (See Ayers Rock/Uluru climate information, for example). Autumn and spring are acceptable in the southern or higher parts of this zone. Wildflowers bloom in spring, if rain has fallen. As in the other hot dry zone, heat stress and dehydration can be problems in the hotter months, with dawn the best time for activity. The rising currents of hot air (thermals) needed for gliding occur more reliably in hot dry climates. The intense sunshine heats the dry land surface; the hot land surface then heats the adjacent air, which rises.