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chi·nook wind
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chinook, chinook wind, snow eaternoun
a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies
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chinook wind
A Chinook wind is a type of warm, dry wind that descends down the leeward side of a mountain range. It is typically associated with the Rocky Mountains in North America, where it can cause dramatic shifts in temperature. This wind is known for rapidly melting snow, hence its other name, the "snow eater". The Chinook wind is a type of foehn wind, which refers to any wind that produces similar warming effects on the downwind side of elevated terrain.
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Chinook wind
Chinook winds, often called chinooks, commonly refers to foehn winds in the interior West of North America, where the Canadian Prairies and Great Plains meet various mountain ranges, although the original usage is in reference to wet, warm coastal winds in the Pacific Northwest of the United States of America. Chinook is claimed by popular folk-etymology to mean "eater", but it is really the name of the people in the region where the usage was first derived. The reference to a wind or weather system, simply "a Chinook", originally meant a warming wind from the ocean into the interior regions of the Pacific Northwest of the USA. A strong Chinook can make snow one foot deep almost vanish in one day. The snow partly melts and partly evaporates in the dry wind. Chinook winds have been observed to raise winter temperature, often from below -20°C to as high as 10-20°C for a few hours or days, then temperatures plummet to their base levels. The greatest recorded temperature change in 24 hours was caused by Chinook winds on January 15, 1972, in Loma, Montana; the temperature rose from -48 to 9°C.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of chinook wind in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of chinook wind in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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