The Marin is a warm, moist wind in the
Gulf of Lion of France, blowing from the southeast or south-southeast onto the coast of
Languedoc
The Province of Languedoc (, , ; ) is a former province of France.
Most of its territory is now contained in the modern-day region of Occitanie in Southern France. Its capital city was Toulouse. It had an area of approximately .
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and
Roussillon. It brings rain to this region which it has picked up crossing the Mediterranean, and also can bring coastal fog. The clouds carried by the Marin frequently cause rain on the slopes of the mountains in the interior, the
Corbières Massif,
Montagne Noire, and the
Cévennes. The wind is usually dried by the
föhn effect when it crosses the mountains and descends on the other side. The Marin wind contributes to the creation of another regional wind, the . The Marin blows gently from the offshore coast of the Mediterranean towards the Cévennes and the Montagne Noire. When this occurs it creates fine weather for swimming in the gulf, but when the wind is strong it creates heavy swells which strike the coast with high breaking waves.
[Descriptions of local and regional winds on the Internet site of Meteo-France.]
The Marin is next in frequency and importance to the
mistral, the cold, dry northwest wind in Provence. It is caused by
low-pressure systems which enter the Gulf of Lion from the west or southwest after traversing southern France and northern Spain.
See also
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Bora (wind)
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Etesian
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Gregale
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Levant (wind)
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Leveche
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Mistral (wind)
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Sirocco
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Tramontane
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Winds of Provence
References
*Jean Vialar
''Les vents régionaux et locaux'' 1948, réédité par Météo-France en 2003
External links
Meteo-FranceFrench-language on meteorology
Local Mediterranean winds
Winds
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