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Foehn Winds: Winds descending downslope from mountains which are characteristically warm and dry due to adiabatic compression.
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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.
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A foehn wind that is channeled through a canyon as it descends the lee side of a mountain barrier.
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F0700 Foehn Wind warmed and dried by descent, in general on the lee side of a mountain. F0710 Foehn air Warm, dry air associated with a foehn wind. F0720 Foehn bank (F0760) ...
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south foehn"A foehn wind blowing from south ( northern Italy) to north (Switzerland, southern Germany, and western Austria) over the Alps.
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Canyon wind: 1. a foehn wind that is channeled through a canyon as it descends the lee side of a mountain barrier. Example: Wasatch wind. 2. any along-canyon wind.
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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°F to 40°F in a matter of minutes. Related term: Snow Eater and Dave's Dictionary ...
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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.
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ChinookThis is a region-specific term used for Foehn Winds in the lee of the Rocky Mountains in the United States; Foehn Winds are warm, dry winds that occur in the lee of high mountain ranges.
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CHGChangeCHGSchangesChinookThis is a region-specific term used for Foehn Winds in the lee of the Rocky Mountains in the United States; Foehn Winds are warm, dry winds that occur in the lee of high mountain ranges.
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Chinook - Also called Foehn Winds, chinooks are warm, dry winds that occur in the lee of high mountain ranges.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 ...
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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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When the air descends on the other side it has lost some of its moisture (because rain and/or snow has fallen from it) and it is warmed by compression as it descends. This dry, warm wind is the foehn wind.
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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.
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In the United States, the term chinook is used for Foehn winds in the Rocky and Sierra mountains. Foehn PauseA temporary cessation of the foehn at the ground due to the formation or intrusion of a cold air layer which lifts the foehn off the ground.
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 See also: Wind, Temperature, Foehn, Weather, Front
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