Mistral (wind) of mistral is weaker in the east of Provence and the Côte d'Azur. The mistral is not always synonymous with clear skies. When a low pressure front over the Mediterranean approaches the coast from the southeast, the weather can change quickly for the worse, and the mistral and its clear sky changes rapidly to an east wind bringing humid air and threatening clouds. The position of the low-pressure front creates a flow of air from the northwest or the northeast, channeled through the Rhône Valley. If this low-pressure area moves back toward the southeast, the mistral will quickly clear the
Jack Sirocco Deputy Court Clerk Frederick Strauss, apparently investigating the battle, was killed in the crossfire . In the ensuing scandal and the police crackdown, Sirocco disappeared from New York's underworld soon after the incident. Jack Sirocco Jack Sirocco (1882–1954) was a New York City gangster involved in labor racketeering and strikebreaking. Originally a lieutenant in Paul Kelly's Five Points Gang, where he was the immediate boss of Johnny Torrio , Sirocco defected to the rival Eastman Gang, which he led in its last days. Sirocco, known as the main rival of gangster "Dopey" Benny Fein, was an early member of the