Bise

The Bise is transported in a dry, cold wind, the cold continental air from the north-eastern Europe to central Europe. The wind reached the Swiss Plateau because of channeling through the Alps and the Jura its greatest strengths in the area of ​​Lake Geneva, where registered with classical Bisenlage often mean wind speeds of 60 km / h and gusts to over 100 km / h. At Lake Constance, the Bise is weaker and is expressed here as a relatively cooler N-NE wind with mostly less than 6 Beaufort. It is also striking that the Bise sets during the night or at least weaker and during the day if need be increasing again in intensity.

Do not confuse this with the wind breeze.