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Libeccio
The libeccio (; Leveche ; ; ; ; ; ) is the westerly or south-westerly wind which predominates in northern Corsica all year round; it frequently raises high seas and may give violent westerly squalls. In summer it is most persistent, but in winter it alternates with the Tramontane (north-east or north). The word ''libeccio'' is Italian, coming from Greek through Latin, and originally means "Libyan". The direction of the Libeccio is mostly from south-east, south or south-west, and it occurs along the coast from Cabo de Gata to Cap de la Nau, and even beyond Málaga for a distance of some inland. See also * Bora (wind) * Etesian *Gregale * Khamaseen * Levantades *Leveche * Marin (wind) * Mistral (wind) *Sirocco Sirocco ( ) or scirocco is a Mediterranean wind that comes from the Sahara and can reach hurricane speeds in North Africa and Southern Europe, especially during the summer season. Names ''Sirocco'' derives from '' šurūq'' (), verbal noun o ... * Lodos No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Bastia ( , , , ; ) is a commune in the department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France. It is located in the northeast of the island of Corsica at the base of Cap Corse. It also has the second-highest population of any commune on the island after Ajaccio and is the capital of the Bagnaja region and of the department. Bastia is the principal port of the island and its principal commercial town and is known for its wines. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Bastiais'' or ''Bastiaises''. The commune has been awarded three flowers by the ''National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom'' in the ''Competition of cities and villages in Bloom''. History Ancient times During the Roman Empire, the site of Cardo with the north-eastern district of the current commune of Bastia and Pietrabugno formed a Pieve: the oldest known administrative division. This territory was occupied by the Vanacimi people. Bastia did not exist. Neither Ptolemy, Strabo, or Pliny in the descriptions th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levantades
Gales from between north-north-east and east-north-east are the most important gales of the east coast of Spain. They are known locally as llevantades (in Catalan) and are an intense form of the llevant or levanter, i.e., north-easterly winds of long fetch, as opposed to diurnal coastal breezes. These gales are most frequent and dangerous in spring and autumn (February to May and October to December), and are generally associated with slow-moving depressions crossing the Mediterranean between France and Algeria. See also *Bora (wind) *Etesian *Gregale *Khamaseen *Leveche *Libeccio *Marin (wind) *Mistral (wind) *Sirocco Sirocco ( ) or scirocco is a Mediterranean wind that comes from the Sahara and can reach hurricane speeds in North Africa and Southern Europe, especially during the summer season. Names ''Sirocco'' derives from '' šurūq'' (), verbal noun o ... External linksLocal Mediterranean winds [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khamaseen
Khamsin, chamsin or hamsin ( , meaning "fifty"), more commonly known in Egypt, Israel and Palestine as khamaseen ( , ), is a dry, hot, sandy local wind affecting Egypt and the Levant; similar winds, blowing in other parts of North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and the entire Mediterranean basin, have different local names, such as '' bad-i-sad-o-bist roz'' in Iran and Afghanistan, ''haboob'' in the Sudan, ''aajej'' in southern Morocco, ''ghibli'' in Tunis, ''harmattan'' in the western Maghreb, ''africo'' in Italy, sirocco (derived from the Arabic , "eastern") which blows in winter over much of the Middle East,Philologos ''Fifty Days and Fifty Nights'' in The Forward, 4 April 2003. Accessed 18 May 2018 and ''simoom''. From the Arabic word for "fifty", these dry, sand-filled windstorms blow sporadically in Egypt typically after fifty days from the start of spring, hence the name. The term is also used in the southern Levant (Jordan, Israel, Palestine), where the phenomenon ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Climate Of Malta
Malta has a Subtropical-Mediterranean climate according to the Köppen climate classification (''Csa''), with very mild winters and warm to hot summers. Rain occurs mainly in winter, with summer being generally dry. According to the Troll-Paffen climate classification and the Siegmund/Frankenberg climate classification, Malta lies within the subtropical zone, being at 35ºN latitude. Temperature The average yearly temperature is around during the day and at night (one of the warmest temperature averages in Europe). In the coldest month – January – the typical maximum temperature ranges from during the day and the minimum from at night. In the warmest month – August – the typical maximum temperature ranges from during the day and the minimum from at night. Generally, April starts with temperatures from during the day and at night. November has temperatures from during the day and at night. However even in the winter months of the year (De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Climate Of Greece
The climate in Greece is predominantly Mediterranean. However, due to the country's complex geography, Greece has a wide range of micro-climates and local variations. The Greek mainland is extremely mountainous, making Greece one of the most mountainous countries in Europe. According to the Köppen climate classification Greece has 11 climates, the most in Europe for its size. To the west of the Pindus mountain range, the climate is generally wetter and has some maritime features. The east of the Pindus mountain range is generally drier and windier in summer. The highest peak is Mount Olympus, . The northern areas of Greece have a transitional climate between the continental, the Mediterranean and the humid subtropical climate while there are marginal mountainous areas with an alpine climate. Semi-arid climates are the second most common in Greece. Average annual temperatures in Greece range from around in Kaimaktsalan up to in Lindos. The lowest average annual precipitati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Climate Of Italy
The climate of Italy is highly diverse. In most of the inland northern and central regions, the climate ranges from humid subtropical to humid continental and oceanic. The climate of the Po valley geographical region is mostly humid subtropical, with cool winters and hot summers.Adriana Rigutti, ''Meteorologia'', Giunti, p. 95, 2009.Thomas A. Blair, ''Climatology: General and Regional'', Prentice Hall pp. 131–132 The coastal areas of Liguria, Tuscany and most of the South experience a Mediterranean climate according to the Köppen climate classification. Between the north and south there can be a considerable difference in temperature, above all during the winter: on some winter days it can be and snowing in Milan, while it is in Rome and in Palermo. Temperature differences are less extreme in the summer. On 11 August 2021, an agricultural monitoring station near Syracuse recorded which constitutes the official record of the highest temperature in Europe according to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lodos
The lodos is the strong south-westerly wind which may predominate episodically in the Aegean Sea and Marmara Sea as well as the Mediterranean coast of Turkey all the year round; it frequently raises high seas and may give violent westerly squalls. The word ''lodos'' is Turkish, coming from Greek word "Notus", and originally means "southern wind". Description The predominant wind-driven surface current of the Aegean Sea is from northwest to southeast, but about twenty times a year the wind shifts southwards, pushing from the Mediterranean towards the Black Sea. If it continues long enough, the surface current also reverses, creating treacherous going for mariners. When Lodos is blowing, the winds in the Turkish Straits begin to shift during the early morning hours. The Black Sea's currents are also affected by Lodos. They are at their strongest in the afternoon and often die down at night, but sometimes lodos winds last for days without a break. Similar winds blow in the Adriatic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sirocco
Sirocco ( ) or scirocco is a Mediterranean wind that comes from the Sahara and can reach hurricane speeds in North Africa and Southern Europe, especially during the summer season. Names ''Sirocco'' derives from '' šurūq'' (), verbal noun of '' šaraqa'', related to the East, ''aš-šarq''. Various names for this wind in other languages include: * * * or ''marin'' * * * * or * * , or romanized: sirókos * or * ( sr-Cyrl, југо), in Croatia rarely ''širok'' (широк) * * or * Libyan Arabic: , romanized: , which means "coming from the Qibla" * , which means "fifty" ("fifty-day wind") * , probably from with the same meaning as ; or * , pronounced širguī The Roman poet Horace refers to the sirocco at Trevico in Apulia as "Atabulus" (a Messapic word) in his account of his journey to Brundisium in 37 BC. Development Siroccos arise from warm, dry, tropical air masses that are pulled northward by low-pressure cells moving eastward across the Med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mistral (wind)
The mistral (; ; Corsican: ''maestrale''; ; ; ; ) is a strong, cold, northwesterly wind that blows from southern France into the Gulf of Lion in the northern Mediterranean. It produces sustained winds averaging 31 miles an hour (50 kilometres an hour), sometimes reaching 60 miles an hour (100 kilometres an hour). It can last for several days. Periods of the wind exceeding for more than sixty-five hours have been reported. It is most common in the winter and spring, and strongest in the transition between the two seasons. It affects the northeast of the plain of Languedoc and Provence to the east of Toulon, where it is felt as a strong west wind. It has a major influence all along the Mediterranean coast of France, and often causes sudden storms in the Mediterranean between Corsica and the Balearic Islands. The name ''mistral'' comes from the Languedoc dialect of the Occitan and means "masterly". The same wind is called ''mistrau'' in the Provençal variant of Occitan, ''me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marin (wind)
The Marin is a warm, moist wind in the Gulf of Lion of France, blowing from the southeast or south-southeast onto the coast of Languedoc The Province of Languedoc (, , ; ) is a former province of France. Most of its territory is now contained in the modern-day region of Occitanie in Southern France. Its capital city was Toulouse. It had an area of approximately . History ... and Roussillon. It brings rain to this region which it has picked up crossing the Mediterranean, and also can bring coastal fog. The clouds carried by the Marin frequently cause rain on the slopes of the mountains in the interior, the Corbières Massif, Montagne Noire, and the Cévennes. The wind is usually dried by the föhn effect when it crosses the mountains and descends on the other side. The Marin wind contributes to the creation of another regional wind, the . The Marin blows gently from the offshore coast of the Mediterranean towards the Cévennes and the Montagne Noire. When this oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregale
The Gregale (, , , , , , , ''Graigos'') is a Mediterranean wind that can occur during times when a low-pressure area moves through the area to the south of Malta and causes a strong, cool, northeasterly wind to affect the island. It also affects other islands of the Western Mediterranean. The Italian name "Grecale" could be translated as Greek wind, as the wind starts at the Ionian Island Zakynthos. See also * Bora (wind) * Etesian * Euroclydon * Khamaseen * Levantades * Leveche * Marin (wind) *Maserati Grecale The Maserati Grecale (Tipo M182) is a front-engine, five-door, five passenger compact luxury crossover SUV ( D-segment) manufactured and marketed by the Maserati subdivision of Stellantis Stellantis N.V. is a multinational automaker formed in ... * Mistral (wind) * Sirocco Notes External linksLocal Mediterranean winds Winds Geography of Malta Italian words and phrases {{wind-stub pl:Wiatr#Lokalne wiatry nazwane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
