Frequent winds from Spain

The frequent winds in Spain have been catalogued for decades, with curious names given to these predominant phenomena by the inhabitants of the different areas.

The names are curious, as they come from a strong cultural background, but they do define the climatological reality of each area, as the data collection techniques corroborate the existence of these winds.

The AEMET has defined these winds in its reports with most of the time their traditional name, but doing an interesting job of defining them.

In this part we provide you with the winds in alphabetical order with a short description:

• Abrego: Wind from the SW. Temperate and humid that blows through Extremadura, Andalusia, Castilla la Mancha, Castilla León.
• Mug: Wind from the SE. Humid air that blows through the Ebro Valley.
• Borrasca: Westerly wind. Last remnants of cyclones from the Americas passing through Galicia and the Cantabrian Mountains.
• Cierzo: Wind from the NW. Cold and dry and blows across the Ebro Valley.
• Gale: Wind from SW or NW. Gusty winds accompanied by intense storm at sea. Affects the northern coasts of the peninsula.
• Galleo: Wind from the E-SE. Cold gusty wind that blows across the Duero valley.
• Gabrí: Gentle wind from the E-Se that blows along the east coast and the Catalan coasts....
• Levante: Wind from the east, persistent, humid and intensely gusty. It blows along all the coasts of eastern Andalusia, Murcia and Gibraltar.
• Leveche: Wind from the E-SE fresh and humid. It is blowing along the coasts of Murcia and Alicante.
• Llevant: Wind from NE . Cool and damp accompanied by a strong storm. It crosses Catalonia and the Balearic Islands.
• Matacabras: Gusty wind from the E that blows across the Gulf of Cádiz.
• Maestral: Wind from the NW. Gusty with gale across the north of Catalonia.
• Moncayo: A cold and dry NW wind that blows through Zaragoza and the Ebro Valley.
• Westerly: Westerly wind that crosses the peninsula dragging the Atlantic squalls.
• Solano: Inland wind from the E that blows through CLM and Extremadura.
• Tramontana: A cold, gusty northerly wind that blows across northern Catalonia and the Balearic Islands.
• Gale: gusty and hurricane-force wind from the SE that blows through the Guadalquivir valley and the Gulf of Cádiz.
• Xaloc: SE wind that blows along the entire eastern coast of the peninsula, warm and humid.

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