Pourquoi la tramontane ?
Pourquoi la tramontane ?
La tramontane tout comme le mistral sont un effet de foehn, c'est à dire un phénomène météorologique créé par la rencontre d'un vent dominant et une chaîne de montagne.
Pourquoi le mistral est un vent froid ?
Le mistral amène de l'air froid des Alpes. C'est le contraire : un front froid est bloqué par les Alpes et une masse d'air froid bute sur les Alpes. Le mistral est en fait de l'air frais aspiré à partir de l'océan Atlantique par la dépression dynamique du golfe de Gênes.
What is the meaning of Tramontane?
- Tramontane. The word has other non-wind-related senses: it can refer to anything that comes from, or anyone who lives on, the other side of mountains, or even more generally, anything seen as foreign, strange, or even barbarous.
Where is the Tramontane cloud located?
- Tramontane clouds, Port-Leucate (Aude), south-central France. The tramontane [tʁa.mɔ̃.tan] in France is a strong, dry cold wind from the north (on the Mediterranean) or from the northwest (in lower Languedoc, Roussillon, Catalonia and the Balearic Islands).
What is the difference between the Tramontane and the Mistral?
- It is similar to the mistral in its causes and effects, but it follows a different corridor; the tramontane accelerates as it passes between the Pyrenees and the Massif Central, while the mistral flows down the Rhone Valley between the Alps and the Massif Central.
What effect does the continuous howling noise of the Tramontane have?
- The continuous howling noise of the tramontane is said to have a disturbing effect upon the psyche. In his poem "Gastibelza", Victor Hugo has the main character say, " Le vent qui vient à travers la montagne me rendra fou ..." (The wind coming over the mountain will drive me mad...)
