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Post by artisans on Nov 20, 2008 10:04:59 GMT 2
I think that somebody in Lafki yesterday, left the kettle boiling just a little too long!! ;D
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2008 16:31:24 GMT 2
It says, "The gales forecast for tonight are now not coming".
Yeiamas, Chris
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Post by gailie66 on Nov 20, 2008 16:53:00 GMT 2
I wish that the only gale that was coming to roda was me Gail
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2008 16:57:33 GMT 2
Just think of the times when you will be winding yourself off to Corfu, breezing down the streets of Roda, letting the wind blow through your hair.
Yeiamas, Chris
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Post by artisans on Nov 20, 2008 17:02:28 GMT 2
Chris, you're a sailor with a knowledge of winds - can you name all of the winds that we get in northern Corfu? - in Greek!
Steve
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Post by artisans on Nov 20, 2008 17:04:33 GMT 2
You'll probably breeze in and breeze out like you normally do, Gail
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Post by gailie66 on Nov 20, 2008 17:09:01 GMT 2
Oi cheeky ;D
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Post by petra on Nov 20, 2008 17:27:53 GMT 2
if this is a riddle, steve, I ´m in: is it Meltemi ??
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Post by artisans on Nov 20, 2008 17:39:21 GMT 2
It's not a riddle, Petra- I want to know ALL of the names for ALL of the winds that we get in Roda. I think meltemi is the northerly that blows through the Dodecanese.
The one that most of us know is the NW wind that causes the rolling waves - the maistro, but what about the others?
Steve
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Post by petra on Nov 20, 2008 19:13:29 GMT 2
web.uflib.ufl.edu/cm/africana/windrose.htmThis is what I found on the internet.... the windrose with the names in greek, latin and italian !! Did you know already Steve or did you just want to test our knowledge
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Post by artisans on Nov 20, 2008 21:36:20 GMT 2
Thanks, Petra - I'd heard of the Tower of Winds in Athens and I have heard local people mention some of those names. I need to check further with sailors from Roda.
Trouble is - they are all out fishing!
Steve
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2008 23:43:43 GMT 2
I can remember the Maistro, sometimes called the Maestral. A fair weather wind around July, August in to September. Rises from the NW of the island during the afternoon, and into the evening. Clouds near the summits act as a tell-tale for the stronger version. In early and late season this is less powerful and sometimes fails to blow. At this time depressions may cross the area, which will often bring strong to gale force southerlies that can abruptly swing around to strong northerlies. This is the one that normally catches the Paxos and/or the Parga boat trips coming back to Corfu.
Early evening one may feel the Katabatic winds which develop off the high mainland mountains usually from the north-east, possible reaching Force 6 (25 knots) lasting only a few hours.
Around March, April, and no later than May - the Scirocco, sometimes known as the Sirocco - another southern wind - can bring humid heat and produce the pinky skies we see, with the pink/red sand of the Sahara falling everywhere. The humidity often results in low Stratus Clouds.
I think Steve you will find that these are the main ones around Corfu, but I will check my books as I go through them in turn.
Yeiamas, Chris
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Post by artisans on Nov 21, 2008 9:57:37 GMT 2
Thanks, Chris, but listening to Sam & Nikos on the seafront, there are eight winds that hit the north of the Island. Petra's wind rose is interesting in that the names I remember them using seem to be Italian, rather than Greek. I have definitely heard them talk about lavante & ponente because they are almost the same words in Spanish meaning east & west or sunrise & sunset. So why do the locals not use the words 'Burus' & 'Zephyrus'? The obvious one that we all know is the maistro - but the wind rose says that the Greek for this north-westerly is the 'Corus'.
If you can shed any further light on this, it would be fascinating. If I get chance to speak to Sam or Nikos, I will - but they're not about much and we go soon.
Steve
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Post by artisans on Nov 21, 2008 17:06:39 GMT 2
I NEED DIRECTION!
One of the problems I have when listening to Sam & Nikos describe the winds, is that our ideas about directions seem to be different. In fact, nobody I speak to in Roda seems to know North from South! One of the problems is the long curvature of St Georges Bay and the way it disorientates you when you look at the same landmark from different positions. Even the two boats in the bay recently, had changed postitions when viewed from Acharavi. The view of Saranda in 'Name that Town' - seeing just Erikoussa or seeing Mathraki as well - and when I look out to Almiros, the changing rooms appear to be after the last buildings, when actually, they are before them - it's all very confusing.
So, the question is, if, on a clear day, you stand on the far end of the new harbour bridge and look in front of you to the furthest northerly point of the Albanian mainland (Cape of Gjuhezes) - which compass bearing would you be reading? Once we know that, it's just a matter of questioning Sam & Nikos from the harbour wall!
Steve
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2008 18:35:37 GMT 2
Hi Steve. Levante and Ponente, I was just about to get back to you on this. However, these names are known throughout the Mediteranean. The Poniente is a warm and dry westerly or northwesterly wind blowing in the Straits of Gibraltar and along the coasts of the north-western Mediterranean. It's the opposite of the Levante (Levanter) and it can switch frequently with this wind throughout the year. The Poniente (or wind from the west), however, brings hot, clear and mostly dry weather. Synoptically the Poniente is more or less any westerly wind in this area. However, during winter and spring the pre-frontal Levante may turn into a southwesterly squally gale, known as Vendaval. Once the cold front has passed and high pressure builds up again, winds turn westerly or northwesterly and are now called Poniente. During Poniente-days visibility increases significantly and the opposite shores of Africa can be seen from Gibraltar. In other areas of the Mediterranean the Ponente is known as a land-breeze around the Gulf of Lion, as a weakened flow from the Mistral on the Cote d'Azur and over the Ligurian Sea , where it often precedes the Tramontana. My easy method of compass directions is to stand, and adjust your direction so that your shadow resembles the time of day it is. This will give you a reasonable guide to the true north. The natural lie of Corfu will change ones direction, and outlook on direction within minutes of moving off because of its different and varying contours. Hopefully this may answer your question in the fact there may not be as many winds as your friends say, but a few with varying different names. Fairweather my friend, and good winds. Yeiamas, Chris PS: A Levante cloud over the Gibraltar Rock and Straits
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