The Coptic Gales of the Eastern Mediterranan
The ancient weather lore of Arabia listed a series of gales which occur regularly in the Eastern Mediterranean area... They general set in from the South West and veer to the West and North West... The average duration is three days and their occurrence rarely deviates more than forty eight hours from the dates shown below... Those marked with an * are stronger than the rest...
DATE ARABIC NAME TRANSLATION
27 September El Saleeb Winds Cross Winds
21 October El Saleebish Broom Gale
26 November El Mickness Gale*
6 December Kassim Gale
20 December El Fedra El Saggira Small Feeder Gale
11 January Un-named Gale*
19 January El Fedra El Kebira Large Feeder Gale
28 January Un-named Gale
9 February Haboob Dust Storm Gale
18 February El Shams El Seghira Small Sun Gale
10 March El Hossoom Equinox Gale
20 March El Shames El Kebira Big Sun Gale
25 March Hawa Wind Gale
29 April Khamseen Winds Sand Laden Wind
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