chinook wind
Warm mountain breeze
A chinook wind is a warm, dry wind that descends the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, capable of raising temperatures dramatically in winter—sometimes by 20°C in hours.
The rapid warming can melt snow quickly, earning it the nickname "snow eater." A chinook wind swept through Calgary overnight, turning ice to slush.
- foehnWarm downslope wind
- warmModerately heated, or friendly
- AlbertaWestern Canadian province
- Rocky MountainsWestern North American cordillera
- mountainsTall elevated landmasses
Rockies · melt · snow melt · downslope · Pacific · gust · thaw · January thaw · Calgary · dry · arch · prairie · salmon · salmon run · helicopter · temperature · temperature rise · high pressure
chinook windcold front
Incoming cooler air mass
arctic blast · cold snap · polar vortex · cold wave · freeze
chinook windbora
Cold Adriatic gale
mistral · norther · tramontane · arctic wind · williwaw
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