chinook"The name given to the foehn in western North America, especially on the plains to the lee or eastern side of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada.
Chinook - Chinooks occur when a mountain range is exposed to a strong winds blowing at right angles, or near right angles to the direction of the mountain ridge.
Chinook A type of foehn wind. Refers to the warm downslope wind in the Rocky Mountains that may occur after an intense cold spell when the temperature could rise by 20 to 40 degrees Fahrenheit in a matter of minutes. Also known as the Snow Eater.
Chinook - Also called Foehn Winds, chinooks are warm, dry winds that occur in the lee of high mountain ranges.
CHINOOK WIND: A foehn wind on the east side of the Rocky Mountains.
CIRRIFORM: High altitude ice clouds with a very thin wispy appearance.
CIRROCUMULUS: Cirrus clouds with vertical development.
Chinook Wind - a warm, dry wind that descends the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains
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Chinook - Warm dry foehn, or Föhn wind downwind from the Rocky Mountains.
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Chinook- a strong downslope wind that causes the air to warm rapidly as a result of compressive heating; called a Foehn wind in Europe.
CHINOOK A warm, dry wind that blows along the east slopes of the northern Rocky Mountains.
CIRRIFORM - High altitude ice clouds with a very thin wispy appearance.
CIRROCUMULUS - Cirrus clouds with vertical development.
Chinook A warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains. In the Alps, the wind is called a Foehn.
Chinook wall cloud A bank of clouds over the Rocky Mountains that signifies the approach of a chinook.
Chinook wind A warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains. In the Alps, this wind is called a foehn.
Chinook
Wind of foehn type blowing on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains.
Chinook wind Air that is adiabatically compressed as it is drawn down the leeward slope of a mountain range. As a consequence, the air is warm and dry.
Chinook Arch
A foehn cloud formation appearing as a bank of altostratus clouds east of the Rocky Mountains, heralding the approach of a chinook. It forms in the rising portion of standing waves on the lee side of the mountains.
Chinook—A warm, dry joehn wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains over the adjacent plains in the U.S. and Canada.
CHINOOK - A warm and dry downslope wind on the lee of a mountain range. May reach high speeds under the right conditions. See also FOEHN.
The Chinook
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Fog(6)
A cloud with its base at the earth's surface. It reduces visibility to below 1 km.
Related terms: chinook wind and Santa Ana wind
FOG
A visible aggregate of minute water droplets suspended in the atmosphere at or near the surface of the earth, reducing horizontal visibility to less than 5/8 statute miles.
A Föhn wind, the Chinook (Inuit for snow-eater), is a very common winter feature in Denver, Colorado, where it usually makes February a dry, sunny and warm month.
ChinookA Chinook is a warm, dry, gusty wind that occasionally occurs to the leeward side of a mountain range, particularly the Rocky Mountains.Cirrus cloudHigh cloud, delicate, hair-like and feathery looking.
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7 Wind: Chinook Wind. Warm & dry. Indian Meaning: Snow Eater. 8 Wind: Chinook: Called (Foehn) downslope speeds of 100 mph. 9 Wind: Cold air move towards warm air. 10 Wind: Eddies. CAT: Clear Air Turbulence. 11 Wind: Fallout form atomic explosions.
It is a down-sloping wind along the Front Range, but it is different from the Chinook. Bora winds are very cold winds as they typically form just after a cold front has passed through the region.
When this air is warm, it may be called a foehn wind, and regionally it may be known as a Chinook or Santa Ana. When this air is cold or cool, it is called a drainage wind, and regionally it may be known as a mountain breeze or glacier wind.
Warm descending air on the leeward side of mountains (Chinook winds) or strong southerly winds coming from warmer latitudes can rapidly melt snow cover in the western or central plains states. These winds are sometimes referred to as snoweaters.
Local names for downslope winds or "foehn winds" in the western United States are Chinook Winds, East Winds, North Winds and Mono Winds. Usually associated with little or no clouds.
A foehn wind that is channeled through a canyon as it descends the lee side of a mountain barrier.
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Browse Related Terms: Bora, Chinook, Foehn, Hydraulic Jump, Lee, Leeside Low ...
Celsius Scale - A temperature scale (at one time called the centigrade scale) devised by Anders Celsius in 1742 and used where the metric system is in use. For water at sea level, 0° is designated the ice point and 100° the steam point.
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In the United States, the term chinook is used for Foehn winds in the Rocky and Sierra mountains.
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