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The same wind is called mistrau in the Provençal variant of Occitan, mestral in Catalan, maestrale in Italian and Corsican, maistràle or bentu maestru in Sardinian, and majjistral in Maltese. The mistral is usually accompanied by clear, fresh weather, and it plays an important role in creating the climate of Provence.
Mistral wind blowing near Marseille. In the center is the Chateau d'If. The winds of Provence, the region of southeast France along the Mediterranean from the Alps to the mouth of the Rhone River, are an important feature of Provençal life, and each one has a traditional local name, in the Provençal language.
The winds are funnelled SE from the Mediterranean and through the Dardanelles Strait.) Maestro (cold northerly in the Adriatic Sea) Marin (south-easterly from Mediterranean to France) Mistral (cold northerly from central France and the Alps to Mediterranean) Nordés (north-eastern wind in Galicia) Ostro (southerly wind in the Mediterranean)
Meteo France defines the mistral as a north wind, but the traditional Provencal compass rose displayed on the coastal walk in Toulon shows it as a northwest wind, with the tramontane being the north wind. It seems that the Tramontane is major wind from the north to the west of the Rhone, while the mistral is the name for the wind coming from ...
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Central Indiana Wind Advisory. A Wind Advisory has been issued that will be in effect from 6 p.m. Wednesday to 4 a.m. Thursday. West winds ranging from 15-25 mph with gusts of up to 45 mph are ...
A compass rose or compass star, sometimes called a wind rose or rose of the winds, is a polar diagram displaying the orientation of the cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west) and their intermediate points. It is used on compasses (including magnetic ones), maps (such as compass rose networks), or monuments.