Chinook wind is a strong downslope wind
Chinook can refer to three things: chinook salmon, CH-47 Chinook helicopter, or wind. Chinook salmon are fish; they have fins, not wings. The chinook that is wind is a warm, moist wind that blows inland in the Pacific Northwest. The CH-47 has two overhead rotors, no wings. So, no to all three.
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A Chinook wind is when a wind blows along the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains in Canada. The winds brink in warmer air raising the temperature in the winder
Both the Chinook and the sirocco are warm, dry winds that are associated with specific geographical regions. The Chinook is a warm, dry wind that occurs in the Rocky Mountains in North America, while the sirocco is a hot, dusty wind that blows from the Sahara Desert across the Mediterranean into southern Europe.
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A warm dry wind that blows down the east side of the Rooky Mountains at the end of winter.
A warm wind from the west is called a Chinook in North America or a Foehn in Europe. These winds can bring a sudden increase in temperature and rapidly melt snow, making them important in affecting local weather conditions.
Wet, warm winds are referred to as "snow-eaters" as they can make one foot of snow vanish in one day. That can't be good for the ski industry....
Chinook is a wind in the North and West of America, where the Great Plains meet various mountain ranges, Locally, it means 'ice eater'. It takes its name from the Chinook peoples who lived near the ocean and along the Columbia River
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