Wind/ Weather effects Flashcards
Air forced up mountains, expands and cools with decreased pressure, clouds form condensation – rain or snow in mountain’s upwind area
Extends growing season!!
Impacts: Asturias and Cantabria
Foehn Effect
Cool, dry
Benefits the vineyards - blows away humidity and moderates temperatures
Allows grapes to ripen more gradually with less disease pressure
Impacts: Rioja Oriental [Autumn]; Navarra (Ribera) [Autumn and Winter] and Aragon
Cierzo
Dessicates grapes near harvest, concentrating sugars; considered beneficial unless pushed to extreme
Seen in Autumn, Winter and Spring
Impacts: Cataluna (DO Emporda) Balearic Islands (Menorca more than Mallorca)
Tramontana
Originates in North Africa Produces hot, dry, dusty conditions Warm, southerly wind that picks up moisture and moves it northward across Med Sea onto mainland Spring-dominant Impacts: Comunidad Valenciana
Leveche
Hot, dry Temperature moderating Easterly, originates over Mediterranean Sea May-October Impacts: Castilla-La Mancha, Andalucia
Levante
Cool, humid
Westerly, originates over Atlantic Ocean
Impacts: Andalucia
Poniente
Where does the Levante impact May-October?
Castilla-La Mancha
What wind affects the Canary Islands?
Aggressive trade winds, year round
Where does the Azores High affect?
Extremadura
Where does the Embat affect?
DO Pla i Llevant (Mallorca)
Where does the Tramontana affect?
Menorca (more than) Mallorca and DO Emporda (Cataluna)
Where does the Leveche affect?
Valencia
Where does the Cierzo affect?
DOCa Rioja, Navarra, Aragon
Where does the Bardenas Realas affec?
Southeast Navarra
Hovers over Atlantic Ocean
Brings blue skies, dry air and hot temperatures
Azores High
