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Chinooks/Foehns  

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  • The chinook is a warm, dry, and sometimes gusty downslope wind that blows leeward of the Rocky Mountains. The term chinook is an aboriginal word meaning “snow eater,” because of the rapid melt of snow that almost invariably accompanies its occurrence in winter. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Chinooks/Foehns]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-C8NKGKHX-V

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