Tramontana: Difference between revisions

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A cold wind from the northeast or north, particularly on the west coast of Italy and northern Corsica, but also in the Balearic Islands and the Ebro Valley in Catalonia.

Like the mistral, it is associated with the advance of an anticyclone from the west following a depression over the Mediterranean. Weather is fine with occasional instability showers. In Languedoc and Roussillon (southern France) a similar wind (tramontane) blows from the northwest, but the name is also applied to an invasion of polar air from the northwest, which is squally or tempestuous, dry, and cold except south of the Cévennes where it becomes foehn-like. This type occurs during the filling of a depression in the Gulf of Genoa and persists for eight to twelve days, mainly in winter and early spring; it rises to a peak at midday and weakens at night. On the Côte d'Azur and in eastern Provence, the tramontane is sometimes called the montagnère or montagneuse.

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+|Explanation=Like the [[mistral]], it is associated with the advance of an [[anticyclone]] from the west following  a [[depression]] over the Mediterranean. Weather is fine with occasional [[instability showers]]. In  Languedoc and Roussillon (southern France) a similar wind (tramontane) blows from the northwest,  but the name is also applied to an invasion of [[polar air]] from the northwest, which is squally or  tempestuous, dry, and cold except south of the C&#x000e9;vennes where it becomes [[foehn]]-like. This type  occurs during the [[filling of a depression]] in the Gulf of Genoa and persists for eight to twelve  days, mainly in winter and early spring; it rises to a peak at midday and weakens at night. On the  C&#x000F4;te d'Azur and in eastern Provence, the tramontane is sometimes called the montagn&#x000e8;re or  montagneuse.
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-<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">A cold [[wind]] from the northeast or north, particularly on the west coast of Italy and  northern Corsica, but also in the Balearic Islands and the Ebro Valley in Catalonia.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">Like the [[mistral]], it is associated with the advance of an [[anticyclone]] from the west following  a [[depression]] over the Mediterranean. Weather is fine with occasional [[instability showers]]. In  Languedoc and Roussillon (southern France) a similar wind (tramontane) blows from the northwest,  but the name is also applied to an invasion of [[polar air]] from the northwest, which is squally or  tempestuous, dry, and cold except south of the C&eacute;vennes where it becomes [[foehn]]-like. This type  occurs during the [[filling of a depression]] in the Gulf of Genoa and persists for eight to twelve  days, mainly in winter and early spring; it rises to a peak at midday and weakens at night. On the  C&#x000F4;te d'Azur and in eastern Provence, the tramontane is sometimes called the montagn&egrave;re or  montagneuse.</div><br/> </div>
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