Crossword-Solution: GREGALE 7 letters, 3 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 9

There is the searching north wind, the _Grippe_ or _Mistral_, said to be one of the scourges of gay Provence— “La Cour de Parlement, le Mistral et la Durance, Sont les trois fléaux de la Provence.” The north blast, a sudden wind, is called _Boras_, and hundreds of sailors have practically prayed, with the song, “Cease, rude Boreas.” The north-east biting wind is the _Gregale_, while the south-east, often a violent wind, is the dreaded _Sirocco_, bad either on sea or shore.