Entry on Trieste's particular wind: "Se la Bora"
The Bora wind is a particular wind which blows on Trieste.
It's a katabatic wind that blows only in the Adriatic.
The name Bora comes from the Greek mythological figure, Boreas, the north wind!!
Bora is most common in the winter, but it also blows in the fall.
It blows hardest, when a polar high-pressure area sits over the snow-covered mountains and a low-pressure area that lies south over the warmer Adriatic.
As the air grows colder and colder at night, the Bora increases; it can reach the speed of 240km per hour.
Buildings in several towns and villages in Slovenia and Trieste have stones on their roofs to prevent the roof tiles from being blown off. Chains and ropes are occasionally stretched along the sidewalks in downtown Trieste, to facilitate pedestrian traffic...
The bora was much stronger many years ago, but now it is less powerful, with less strength...
there are two types of bora: scura (obscure) and chiara (light, clear).....