Foehn Winds: Winds descending downslope from mountains which are characteristically warm and dry due to adiabatic compression.
Foehn Wind- European term for Chinook Wind; or warm, downslope wind.
Flood- a condition that occurs when water overflows the natural or artificial confines of a stream or river; the water also may accumulate by drainage over low-lying areas.
A foehn wind that is channeled through a canyon as it descends the lee side of a mountain barrier.
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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¡F to 40¡F in a matter of minutes.
Warm Braw A foehn wind in the Schouten Islands north of New Guinea.
south foehn"A foehn wind blowing from south (northern Italy) to north (Switzerland, southern Germany, and western Austria) over the Alps.
Classified as katabatic, it occurs most often during the winter and it is an example of a foehn wind. SARGASSO SEA An area of the North Atlantic Ocean between Bermuda and the Azores.
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.
Chinook - Also called Foehn Winds, chinooks are warm, dry winds that occur in the lee of high mountain ranges.
Santa Ana—A hot, dry, foehn wind, generally from the northeast or east, occurring west of the Sierra Nevada Mountains especially in the pass and river valley near Santa Ana, California.
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.
Santa Ana The local name given a foehn wind in southern California.
The local name given a foehn wind in southern California.
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Chinook Wind- A strong downslope wind that causes the air to warm rapidly as a result of compressive heating; called a foehn wind in Europe.
DOWNSLOPE - A wind blowing down an incline. This is from a higher terrain to a lower elevation. Such a wind becomes dry and stable. Chinooks and Foehn winds are downslope winds. See also CHINOOK, FOEHN.
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.
Chinook The name applied to a foehn wind in ...
Canyon WindA foehn wind that is channeled through a canyon as it descends the lee side of a mountain barrier.
through the Santa Ana river valley south of the San Gabriel and San Bernadino Mountains in southern California, including the Los Angeles basin. Classified as katabatic, it occurs most often during the winter and it is an example of a foehn wind.
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Cirrus Cloud:Couds which are between 18,000 & 30,000 feet. Are wispy and consist of ice crystals.
Circulation: A continuous movement of air.
Civil Twilight: When the sun is no more than 6 Degs.
occur to the leeward side of mountain ranges around the world are known by many names. In Canada and the northern United States, they are referred to as Chinooks. In the southern states, they are known as Santa Ana and in parts of Europe, foehn winds.
In the United States, the term chinook is used for Foehn winds in the Rocky and Sierra mountains.
 See also: Foehn, Temperature, Wind, Weather, Air
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