The Bora Wind Gate/Postojnska Vrata with Fog Inland and Last Rays of Sun Towards the Gulf of Trieste, from Mount Slivnica (1114m a.s.l.); Cerknica, Notranjska, Internal Karst-Dinaric Region, Slovenija
06-December-2023
The northern branch of the Dinaric Alps flows a short distance from the Adriatic in both Croatia and Slovenia and divides the calm and cold Danube plains in the Interior, from the milder windy coastal side that descends towards the Adriatic.
The Postojnska Vrata/Bora Gate, here taken perpendicularly, represents a saddle between the Karst-Dinaric groups of Javornikì and Nanos, where the currents, coming from the interior are channeled and strengthened, generating the local orographic wind called Bora(I)/Burja(SLO)/Bura(HR), which then spreads towards the coastline, progressively stronger, gusty, irregular, drier... and directly affects the City of Trieste, in Italy and its Gulf, i.e. an area where this wind reaches some of the strongest gusts of the entire North-Eastern Adriatic coast (especially in Croatia) which is affected by this wind.
The Postojna Gate is the lowest pass (606-610m a.s.l.) of all the northern Dinarides and this favors the channeling of cold and heavy masses from the interior and their subsequent outflow.
In this photo the Bora/Burja is not blowing and the inland seafog do not go over the saddle.
The Bora Wind Gate/Postojnska Vrata with Fog Inland and Last Rays of Sun Towards the Gulf of Trieste, from Mount Slivnica (1114m a.s.l.); Cerknica, Notranjska, Internal Karst-Dinaric Region, Slovenija
06-December-2023
The northern branch of the Dinaric Alps flows a short distance from the Adriatic in both Croatia and Slovenia and divides the calm and cold Danube plains in the Interior, from the milder windy coastal side that descends towards the Adriatic.
The Postojnska Vrata/Bora Gate, here taken perpendicularly, represents a saddle between the Karst-Dinaric groups of Javornikì and Nanos, where the currents, coming from the interior are channeled and strengthened, generating the local orographic wind called Bora(I)/Burja(SLO)/Bura(HR), which then spreads towards the coastline, progressively stronger, gusty, irregular, drier... and directly affects the City of Trieste, in Italy and its Gulf, i.e. an area where this wind reaches some of the strongest gusts of the entire North-Eastern Adriatic coast (especially in Croatia) which is affected by this wind.
The Postojna Gate is the lowest pass (606-610m a.s.l.) of all the northern Dinarides and this favors the channeling of cold and heavy masses from the interior and their subsequent outflow.
In this photo the Bora/Burja is not blowing and the inland seafog do not go over the saddle.