"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.