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Prevailing Mediterranean Winds

Winds within the Mediterranean region are affected by mountainous terrain (above image, white shading) surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. These mountains can funnel the wind flow into the Basin, often creating higher wind speeds that can reach gale or storm force strengths. The map below displays the important mountain ranges (labelled in yellow) which play a key role in channeling gale-force wind types for the MEDEX project (a system of forecasting designed by a panel of experts in Mediterranean weather forecasting who assembled synoptic rules-of-thumb predicting gale-force wind events).

Prevailing Winds:

Bora
Etesian (Meltemi)
Levante (Levanter)
Mistral (Maestral)
Sirocco (Scirocco)
Westerly

Secondary Winds

Sources:

https://www.woweather.com/reports/wind/Poniente.htm
https://www.1yachtua.com/Medit-marinas/Mediterranean_Sailing/mediterranean_winds.shtm#Gregale
https://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/~medex/tutorial/medex/winds/wind_all.html
https://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/~medex/tutorial/mediterranean/topography.html
https://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/~medex/tutorial/medex/output/output_wnd_locns.html
https://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/~medex/tutorial/signatures/signatures_top.html
https://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/~medex/tutorial/types/500mb_types.html
https://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/~medex/tutorial/medex/winds/wind_ete.html

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