Mistral (wind) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The mistral is a strong, cold and usually dry regional wind in France, coming from the north, which accelerates when it passes through the valleys of the Rhone and the Durance Rivers to the coast of t...
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Climate in the Languedoc in the South of France. Winds: the Mistral. ... Locals claim that a sudden feeling of dejection or even depression sweeps through them just before the Mistral comes. Once the wind arrives, depression gives way to headaches and irritability. In Provence it is widely believed that ... Penthouse in France...
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The Mistral usually develops as a cold front moving down across France. The air piles up in the Alps before spilling over the mountain's top and rushing down into the Rhône valley between the Alps and Cevenes. ... You are here: FrenchEntrée > Life in Provence > The Infamous Mistral Wind in Provence...
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The mistral is a strong, cold northwesterly wind system that blows from Southern France into the Gulf of Lions (See locater map below). ... As the upper level trough advances so that northerly winds aloft are in phase with the northerly surface flow over Southern France, strong mistral winds occur (Fett, et al, 1981).
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MEDEX Subjective Input Parameters - Example ... Wind type: Mistral ... Ideally, the 500 mb northwesterly flow along the southern coast of France should be greater than or equal to 50 knots.
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The Mistral is a strong wind from the NW affecting the eastern Mediterranean coast of France, from Marseille to St. Tropez. ... The Mistral is what Bowditch defines as a fall wind, occuring when cold air is dammed up in great quanityt against the windward side of a mountain ridge.
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on mistral (wind), cold and dry, strong wind in southern France that blows down from the north along the lower Rhône River valley toward the Mediterranean Sea. ... A mistral blows over the Château d’If near Marseille, France, in 2006.[Credits : Vincent] ... fall wind (air current)
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From its herb-scented hills to its yacht-filled harbours, noother region of France fires the imagination as strongly as Provence. ... The image of Provence bathed in sunshine is marred only whenthe bitter Mistral wind scours the land. It has shaped a peopleas hardy as the olive tree, yet quick to embrace life to the...
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The wind was blowing today, fast and fierce. In Provence when the wind blows with a bite, they give it a special name: the Mistral. I laughed when I first heard that because that’s the name of a font on Microsoft Word. ... The first time the Mistral blew, I felt like France had betrayed me. I lay in bed the first night,
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