Pop Culture Reference
'Mistral Wind' is a song written by Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Sue Ennis and Roger Fisher of the rock group Heart that appeared on the Dog and Butterfly album in 1979.
'Mistralton City' is a city within the Pokémon Universe that is home to a cargo plane service, as well as generally rainy weather.
The Half Man Half Biscuit song 'Uffington Wassail' includes the couplet "I adventured for a fortnight in the valley of the Rhone/ Defied capricious mistrals on which tragedies are blown".
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