Sorry about this, but can anyone tell me what is the difference
between a *mistral* and *tramontane* ? (Are they just the same thing,
but in different regions?)

"Edmund Lewis" wrote in message
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Sorry about this, but can anyone tell me what is the difference
between a *mistral* and *tramontane* ? (Are they just the same thing,
but in different regions?)

'Tramountana' is used in colloquial Greek to describe cold, northerly winds
that blow during the winter. In the local sailors language, it is a synonym
to 'northerly wind'. I can't rule out the usage of this word elsewhere in
the Med with a different local meaning, as it doesn't look like a word of
greek origin to me.

The 'Mistral' is a wind of northerly direction, too, but is only used in the
Rhone valey in France, as far as I know.

Yannis, SE Athens
+15.3C, RH 49%

"Edmund Lewis" wrote in message
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Sorry about this, but can anyone tell me what is the difference
between a *mistral* and *tramontane* ? (Are they just the same thing,
but in different regions?)

Specifically with regard to France, see:

http://www.educnet.education.fr/mete.../html/mis4.htm

It's in French, so if you need a translation, let me know.
James

"Edmund Lewis" wrote in message
m...
Sorry about this, but can anyone tell me what is the difference
between a *mistral* and *tramontane* ? (Are they just the same thing,
but in different regions?)

You can find an definitions at :

http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/tramontane

http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/mistral

Joe

"James Hurrell" wrote in message ...
"Edmund Lewis" wrote in message
m...
Sorry about this, but can anyone tell me what is the difference
between a *mistral* and *tramontane* ? (Are they just the same thing,
but in different regions?)

Specifically with regard to France, see:

http://www.educnet.education.fr/mete.../html/mis4.htm

It's in French, so if you need a translation, let me know.
James

Thanks everyone. I was referring to France (though interesting to find
it used in Greece too); I was recently there and in Perpignan there
was a strong, cold wind blowing NW-ly that everyone was calling
'tramontane', with a clear sky. That French site was just what I was
after- it looks like a local name in that area, interested to learn
that it precedes the mistral further east.