A warm dry wind that often blows in the northern valleys of the Alps, due to the indraught of a storm center passing over Central Europe. The wind, heated by compression in its descent from the mountains, reaches the base, particularly in winter, dry and warm.
Any similar wind, as the chinook, in other parts of the world.
(Similar in pronunciation to 'fern'.) Wind warmed and dried by descent, in general on the lee* side of a mountain. See the explanation and animation in Fig.1 below.* The side away from the direction the wind is blowing from. Fig.1 Air is forced to flow against and over a mountain range in a short period of time. The air cools as it rises up the mountain range, cloud forms and rain or snow falls. Heat is added to the air through condensation of water vapour (latent heat) thus reducing the rate at which the air cools. 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. The windward side is usually very wet while the lee side can be a dry desert. Rainfall in Australia is greater in the east due to the influence of the Great Dividing Range. To top
A warm, dry wind on the lee side of a mountain range that owes its relatively high temperatures largely to adiabatic heating during descent down mountain slopes. In Zurich Switzerland, this means a warm but clear view of the Alps. (Frederick K. Lutgens and Edward J. Tarbuck, The Atmosphere (5th Edition), Prentice-Hall, 1992).
(off the northern side of the Alps)
a warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps
A warm dry European wind that blows down the side of a mountain. The term used in the United States for a similar wind is Chinook.
(pronounced FANE) A warm, dry wind that flows down from the Alps onto the plains of Austria and Germany.
A warm dry wind on the lee side of a mountain range, whose temperature is increased as the wind descends down the slope. It is created when air flows downhill from a high elevation, raising the temperature by adiabatic compression. Examples include the Chinook wind and the Santa Ana wind. Classified as a katabatic wind. (Weather Channel Glossary)
A warm, dry wind on the lee side of a mountain range, the warmth and dryness due to adiabatic compression upon descent.
A warm dry wind on the lee side of a mountain range. The heating and drying are due to adiabatic compression as the wind descend downslope.
a warm wind blowing down an incline; a kind of katabatic wind.
A warm dry wind on the lee side of a mountain range, whose temperature is increased as the wind descends down the slope. It is created when air flows downhill from a high elevation, raising the temperature by adiabatic compression. Classified as a katabatic wind. Related terms: chinook wind and Santa Ana wind
