Bora (wind)

This article is about the bora wind. See also VW Bora for the automobile.

Bora or Bura is a Northern to North-eastern katabatic wind in the Adriatic, Greece and Turkey.

This name is a derivation from the ancient Greek myth and the origin of this name is Boreas. The wind Bora can be often felt in the winter in the city of Trieste, Italy. In Trieste, the wind takes two different names depending on associted meteorological conditions: Bora chiara is bora in the presence of clear skies. Rain and clouds characterize Bora scura. It is not unusual to register wind speeds up to 150 kilometers per hour. While Triestinians are used to the intensity of the wind, chains and ropes are occasionally stretched along the sidewalks in downtown Trieste, to facilitate pedestrian traffic during those windy days. Because of the frequency of the windy days, buldings must be constructed to withstand its force. One fortunately rare exception is the occasional fall of a roof tile on the head of a passer-by. Bora is a human name used in Turkey and also in some places of the Balkans.