Gales from between north-north-east and east-north-east are the most important
of the east coast of
Spain. They are known locally as
llevantades (in
Catalan language) 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.
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