Mistral

Japanese: mistral
Mistral

...In this case, even if the air heats up adiabatically during the descent, it is still cold, so the temperature does not rise much and it remains cold. Mistral is a strong northerly wind that blows through the Rhône River valley in France and down the northwestern coast of the Mediterranean, especially the Gulf of Lion. It is common from winter to spring and is a cold, dry wind, similar in nature to the Adriatic mullet, but somewhat milder than it.

From France

...Winter is generally warm, but when a low pressure system coming from the west develops over the Mediterranean Sea, cold north winds blow from the inland high pressure into the Rhône Valley. This is the strong local wind called the mistral, which can tilt even windbreaks downwind, as seen in Van Gogh's painting. The second type is a continental climate (humid cool climate) dominated by inland high pressure in winter, with cold, dry winters and mostly sunny days.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "mistral" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この場合,滑降の途中で断熱昇温しても,もともと寒冷な空気なのでさほど気温も上がらず冷たい風である。 ミストラルmistralフランスのローヌ川峡谷を通り,地中海の北西沿岸,とくにリオン湾に吹き降ろしてくる北寄りの強風。冬から春に多く,冷たくて乾燥した風で,性質はアドリア海のボラに似ているが,ボラよりはいくぶん穏やかである。…

【フランス】より

…冬は一般に温暖であるが,西からやってくる低気圧が地中海上で発達すると,内陸の高気圧からローヌ河谷に向かって寒い北風が吹き込む。これが,ゴッホの絵にみられるように防風林をも風下に傾ける強い地方風のミストラルmistralである。 第2は冬季,内陸の高気圧に支配される大陸性気候(冷帯湿潤気候)で,冬は寒く乾燥して晴天が多い。…

※「mistral」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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