Sons in slippery conditions turn Zephyr (4,4)
I believe the answer is:
west wind
'zephyr' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both types of natural phenomena as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'sons in slippery conditions turn' is the wordplay.
'sons in slippery conditions' becomes 'west' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'turn' becomes 'wind' (I've seen this in another clue).
'west'+'wind'='WEST WIND'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for west wind that I've seen before include "Zephyr (originally)" , "a subject of 11 [ODE] - with 26a" .)
