Tudor, here is an image from this afternoon's noaa19 pass showing the
roughened sea due to the mistral (sun glint effect). Note the longer
wavelength waves imposed on the sea surface, presumably due to orographic
waves embedded in the flow

http://www.woksat.info/etcrj12/rj12-1258-j-fr-s.html

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Bernard Burton
Wokingham, Berkshire, UK.

Satellite images at:
www.woksat.info/wwp.html

"Tudor Hughes" wrote in message
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http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/LFML.html

That's the Mistral for you.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey