Mucho viento!
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Mucho viento!
Took the kids to the beach at La Cala today. Excellent facilities - toilets, showers, Life Guard post, easy parking with cafes and shops nearby but is it always so WINDY???? It was the same last time we visited in March - anyone local to the area who could verify this please ?
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The windy one is the "Costa de la Luz"
You can even buy Tarifa bumper stickers and t shirts with 365 windy days.
After saying that I´m seeing more and more kite and windsurfing being called out on the Costa del Sol than ever before.
Driving along the Costa del Sol this evening all the tops of the palm trees were swaying in the wind.
You can even buy Tarifa bumper stickers and t shirts with 365 windy days.
After saying that I´m seeing more and more kite and windsurfing being called out on the Costa del Sol than ever before.
Driving along the Costa del Sol this evening all the tops of the palm trees were swaying in the wind.
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We used to live on the Costa Tropical and it was windy practically every afternoon, 9 months of the year! Often, if it started in the morning, it never gave up all day!jonnie321 wrote:We were told the same about the Costa Tropical! Maybe it was the whole coast?campo babe wrote:The Costa del Sol was originally known as the windy coast, but the sun coast sounded better for the tourist industry.
Since moving to the Costa de la Luz (that our books say used to be called the windy coast), we have hardly had any windy hours, let alone days! Mind, we are the Huelva end of the Coast, not the Cadiz end which i understand makes a big difference.
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You do surprise me. We live on the Costa Tropical and while we do get some very windy days in winter (like everywhere else on the south coast) the wind is no different from the Costa del Sol.karandjon wrote:We used to live on the Costa Tropical and it was windy practically every afternoon, 9 months of the year! Often, if it started in the morning, it never gave up all day!
In fact today we had some strong winds - but only 25 knots which is only a moderate to strong breeze in meteorological terms. This is the strongest wind we have had for 3 months. Most days this summer there has been little or no wind - not even a sea breeze.
Whereabouts did you live? There are always local effects that can create areas that tend to get stronger winds - funnelling effects in valleys etc but the coasts are less affected by this.
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There's a weak front coming through today but it doesn't seem to have much rain on it. If it does rain then it will be more likely in the west. By the time it gets to Almeria it should have almost petered out.Jool wrote: .any ideas when we are likely to get rain in Almeria province? I´m hoping for a good week from mid Sept......
There is a chance of rain this Thursday but apart from that the long range forecast up to the 21st is for dry weather - but I think you know my views on long range forecasts!
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Yesterday's Canal5 news showed torrential rains in Asturia, Galicia & Pais Basco, and the topless bathers in Almería sweltering in 35° heat!
Now if a very very large funnel could be set up on the northern coast of Spain, with a long pipe running south...
Now if a very very large funnel could be set up on the northern coast of Spain, with a long pipe running south...
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Wind readings at various Spanish airports together with forecasts.
http://www.xcweather.co.uk/?Loc=ES
the numbers of wind turbines erected in the southern Costa de la Luz has certainly increased greatly over the past few years. There have always been many around the Campo de Gibraltar because of that local funnel.
http://www.xcweather.co.uk/?Loc=ES
the numbers of wind turbines erected in the southern Costa de la Luz has certainly increased greatly over the past few years. There have always been many around the Campo de Gibraltar because of that local funnel.
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