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Old 12-12-2007, 06:15 PM
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Thanks, Guy - so the Italian Tramontane is the Italian equivalent of the Mistral - off the mountains.

I'd forgotten the Sirocco - hot and dry ....

Do we have special names in Australia or the Americas?

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Originally Posted by Guy F View Post
While searching for some more information on the 'Tramontana' (seems it's called 'Tramontane' in other countries) I found this page which has a nice diagram with the Mediterranean names for each wind direction.
Turns out Sirocco is South East and Tramontane is North.
Tramontane - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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