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Thermal Winds - basics

During stable weather, usually in summertime, when cyclones are far from Adriatic area, begins time for local winds. Local or thermal winds are result of thermal properties land and sea. During the day land is heating much faster than sea, while air pressure above land is falling. When pressure above land fall down below pressure above the sea on-shore wind (from sea toward land) begins to blow.

Local sea breeze "maestral" - blows during the daytime

During the nighttime situation is opposite; land is cooling and above the land pressure is rising. When pressure above land become higher than pressure above the sea off-shore wind starts (from land toward the sea).

Local land breeze "burin" - blows during the nighttime

Local name for thermal on-shore wind is maestral, most popular windsurfing wind in this area. Off-shore night land breeze “burin” (diminutive for bura in Croatian language, like small bura). Burin has similar characteristics as bura (gusts and direction), but never reach bura force, and develops on completely different way.

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