Thanks for these explanations, Gord and El Pinquino. However I imagine that the
Greek Islands Meltimi does not have the cold element, it just has the sustained speed and direction. So I always wonder why it reacts so inconsistently on the leeward sides…sometimes the leeward sides are steep and cliff like, resulting in an almost instant vertical downwards wind that smashes into the
water meters from the land in dangerous gusts or, if the slope is more gentle, results in a wind speed at least 5 kts more than the windward side….this i guess I could accept as the downward slope could give the wind an acceleration I guess. Or it simply results in a leeward side wind shadow for some distance off the coast.