foehn

IPA: fˈoʊn

noun

  • A warm dry wind blowing down the north sides of the Alps, especially in Switzerland.
  • (meteorology) A similar katabatic wind developing on the lee side of a mountain.
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Examples of "foehn" in Sentences

  • Air mass flows down a mountain range, you get a foehn wind.
  • Just let it dangle till the next foehn wind slings it into the forest.
  • Charlie knew the landmasses; he watched and felt the air, prepared for downdrafts and foehn clouds.
  • The presence of a strong foehn (catabatic wind) contributes to warming and drying the Tsangpo Valley.
  • Germanytemperate and marine; cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers; occasional warm mountain (foehn) wind
  • Climate: temperate and marine; cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers; occasional warm mountain (foehn) wind
  • #35 Steve Sadlov…As, where and how you build you harvest …extreme heatwaves…The foehn effects are enhanced by the inner and south
  • “Santa Ana” winds, or foehn winds, are hot winds … when one of them starts to blown, his assumption that wind will cool down the UHI gets blown out the window.
  • The coming of Sinlaku triggered a rare meteorological event known as the foehn phenomenon, wherein warm, dry winds swept through Taiwan's Taitung County, Xinhua said.

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