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    A Foehn or Föhn (UK: /fɜːn/, US: /feɪn/ fayn, US also /fʌn, fɜːrn/ fu(r)n), is a type of dry, relatively warm, downslope wind that occurs in the lee (downwind...
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    The southeast Australian foehn is a westerly foehn wind and a rain shadow effect that usually occurs on the coastal plain of southern New South Wales,...
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  • Zonda wind (Spanish: viento zonda) is a regional term for the foehn wind that often occurs on the eastern slope of the Andes, in Argentina. The Zonda is...
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    and valleys to the lower elevations. This is similar to a foehn wind, but unlike a foehn wind the descent in altitude does not significantly warm the mistral...
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  • foehn is a type of dry, warm, down-slope wind that occurs in the lee (downwind side) of a mountain range.[citation needed] It is a rain shadow wind that...
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    Sirocco (redirect from Ghibli (wind))
    In cold winds, like the bora, the fish disappear into the vastness of the Adriatic. Foehn wind: warm downslope winds Notus Santa Ana winds: wind phenomenon...
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  • Zonda Telecom, a Mexican telecommunications company Zonda wind, a regional term for the foehn wind that often occurs on the eastern slope of the Andes, in...
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    adiabatic lapse rate and the dry rate is the cause of foehn wind phenomenon (also known as "Chinook winds" in parts of North America). The phenomenon exists...
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    the 2018 Camp Fire and the 2020 North Complex. Anabatic wind Bora (wind) Foehn wind Piteraq Valley exit jet The NASA Scope and Subject Category Guide....
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    leeward side of the landforms, it is compressed and heated, producing foehn winds that absorb moisture downslope and cast a broad "shadow" of dry climate...
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    foehn wind, locally known as the Chinook wind, Bergwind or Diablo wind or Nor'wester depending on the region, provide examples of this type of wind,...
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    side. Moisture is removed by orographic lift, leaving drier air (see foehn wind) on the descending and generally warming, leeward side where a rain shadow...
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    foehn. In Poland, an example is the halny wiatr. In Argentina, the local name for down sloped winds is zonda. In Java, the local name for such winds is...
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    by wind passing over obstacles; for example, a mountain or a building. They are more common in locations that are hilly, or places where foehn winds are...
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    coastal ridging. Foehn wind Chinook wind Sirocco Bora (wind) Diablo wind Norte (wind) Katabatic wind Khamsin Oroshi Australian foehn winds Danielson, Eric...
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    south-west, but the city is also affected by Canterbury's nor'wester foehn wind. As a result, the airport has two perpendicular runways: a 3,288-metre...
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  • associated Santa Ana event, at times due to a Diablo wind event (Northern California), akin to a foehn wind. Sundowners are particularly dangerous during wildfire...
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  • föhn/foehn (alps), ghibli (Libya with various spellings), friagem (a cold south wind blowing into Brazil from the Antarctic), khamsin (a hot spring wind in...
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    are generally unaffected by Diablo events. Santa Ana wind Foehn wind Norte (wind) Sundowner wind Hydraulic jump Dine's compensation Thermal low Relative...
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    Halny (category Wind stubs)
    Halny[Note 1] is a foehn wind that blows in southern Poland and in Slovakia in the Tatra Mountains of the Carpathians. The most turbulent halny blows in...
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    Windward and leeward (category Wind)
    winds of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Barlavento (windward) and Sotavento (leeward) in the Cape Verde Islands Downstream and upstream Foehn wind Lee...
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    area but sometimes experiences extreme high temperatures because of the foehn wind phenomenon. Central Highland: a typical inland climate gives large temperature...
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    Robert DeCourcy Ward, tr. (1903): see Petra Seibert, "Hann’s Thermodynamic Foehn In the Adriatic tradition, the bora comes from three mouths: Trieste, Rijeka...
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    from Siberia, and usually comes in January. The winds causes the coolest period of winter. Foehn wind: Blowing from Bengal passing on Laos to North Central...
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  • In meteorology, air currents are concentrated areas of winds. They are mainly due to differences in atmospheric pressure or temperature. They are divided...
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  • North Atlantic Current. Belt regions of the United States Chinook wind Foehn wind Hardiness zone "Cross Country Skiing in Illinois". A1 Trails. Archived...
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    'Nor'wester' is a foehn wind similar to the Chinook of Canada, where mountain ranges in the path of prevailing moisture laden winds force air upwards...
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    Föhn cloud (redirect from Foehn cloud)
    A Föhn cloud or Foehn cloud is any cloud associated with a Föhn (Foehn), usually an orographic cloud, a mountain wave cloud, or a lenticular cloud. Föhn...
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  • moderate wind from Africa that reaches the Ionian coast of Italy) Euroclydon (a cyclonic tempestuous northeast wind in the Mediterranean) Föhn or foehn (a warm...
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    south-westerly winds and high pressure the area around Torbay and Teignmouth will often be warm, with long sunny spells due to shelter by high ground (Foehn wind)....
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