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I have been able to capture for La Vanguardia Readers' Photos the moment of a strong north wind in L'Escala, in Alt Empordà, in an autumn that had been calmer than usual in this part of the Costa Brava.
In fact, winds of up to 110 kilometers per hour and waves that can reach 10 meters marked the weather forecast for this Wednesday in Catalonia, according to the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET).
The wind from the Tramuntana takes center stage between a reddish sky of clouds and an increasingly rough sea. There has been a strong north wind storm that had not been seen for months.
You can see in the images the entire panoramic view of the Gulf of Roses, which has been an effervescent sea due to the force of the wind, quite a spectacle.
The tramontana (etymologically it means "from beyond the mountain") is a cold and turbulent wind from the northeast or north, very characteristic of this area of northeastern Catalonia.
This wind uses the north of the Pyrenees and the southwest of the Massif Central (France) as an acceleration zone, to enter the Mediterranean.
In this area of the Costa Brava the Tramuntana can last several days with consecutive winds with gusts of more than 200 km/h.
