Mistral (wind) significantly warm the mistral. The causes and characteristics of the mistral are very similar to those of the Tramontane, another wind of the French Mediterranean region. In France, the mistral particularly affects Provence, Languedoc east of Montpellier, as well as all of the Rhône Valley from Lyon to Marseille, and as far southeast as Corsica and Sardinia. The mistral usually blows from the north or northwest, but in certain pre-alpine valleys and along the Côte d'Azur, the wind is channelled by the mountains so that it blows from east to west. Sometimes it also blows from the north-north-east toward the
USS Zephyr USS Zephyr USS "Zephyr" (PC-8) is a "Cyclone" class patrol coastal ship in the United States Navy. "Zephyr" is the eighth ship of thirteen in the "Cyclone"-class. All ships in this class are named after weather elements. "Zephyr" is the first Navy vessel to bear the name. She was laid down 6 March 1993, by Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana and launched 3 December 1993. She was commissioned on 14 October 1994 and decommissioned 1 October 2004 and transferred to the United States Coast Guard as USCGC "Zephyr" (WPC-8). The CGC "Zephyr" was the first cutter deployed to respond to the