clouds at the mountain ridges where the Föhn winds form are called Föhnmauer (Föhn wall). Illustration Movie of a Föhn situation in the Swiss Alps East Scotland...

seasonal, wet, southwesterly winds blowing in from the ocean. The interior Chinooks are occasional warm, dry föhn winds blowing down the eastern sides...

Alpine föhn (German: Alpenföhn) is the name given to the föhn wind in the Alpine region. The name föhn was originally used to refer to the south wind which...

northeasterly wind in Italy) Autan [fr] (warm, föhn-type southeasterly wind in the Mediterranean Languedoc region) Bise (cold, northern wind in France and...

off-shore winds, wherever they occur along South Africa's coastline. Although berg winds are often called a Föhn winds, this is probably a misnomer, as Föhn winds...

12 mph) or less. Not all downslope winds are katabatic. For instance, winds such as the föhn and chinook are rain shadow winds where air driven upslope on the...

cover and accumulation over the scarce local glaciers. While this type of föhn wind may occur over most central parts of western Argentina, its effects are...

wave cloud, or a lenticular cloud. Föhn is a regional term referring to winds in the Alps. Cloud types Föhn wind Nor'west arch Pileus Defant, F., 1951:...

conditions between the wet west and dry east of the South Island. The drier föhn wind descending the eastern slopes of the Southern Alps gives rise to a distinctive...

regions of the United States and Canada. The Nor'west arch is a föhn cloud. The northwesterly wind drives warm moist air from over the Tasman Sea, and it is...