Tramontane
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Tramontane is a classical name for a northern wind. The exact form of the name and precise direction varies from country to country. The word came to English from Italian tramontana, which developed f
Tramontane clouds, Port-Leucate (Aude), south-central France
Mistral (wind)
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The mistral is a strong, cold, northwesterly wind that blows from southern France into the Gulf of Lion in the northern Mediterranean. It produces sustained winds averaging 50 km/h, sometimes reaching
Tramontane
…from the north (on the Mediterranean) or from the northwest (in lower Languedoc, Roussillon, Catalonia and the Balearic Islands). It is similar to the mistral in its causes and effects, but it follows a different corridor; the tramontane accelerates as it passes between the Pyrenees and the Massif Central…
Mistral wind blowing near Marseille. In the centre is the Château d'If.
The bell tower of the hilltop village of La Cadière-d'Azur is open, which allows the mistral to pass through.
Schematic diagram of mistral wind occurrence in Europe.
Oak bent to the south by the mistral in Sardinia