"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?)

'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%