Llevantades
Gales from between north-north-east and east-north-east are the most important gales of the east coast of Spain. They are known locally as llevantades and are an intense form of the llevant or Viento [de Levante|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, and are generally associated with slow-moving Low [pressure area |depressions] crossing the Mediterranean between France and Algeria.