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    Foehn Lake is a small freshwater lake located on a valley on the south skirt of La Bohn Peak, in the far east border of King County, Washington. Foehn...
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    A Foehn, or Föhn (UK: /fɜːn/, US: /feɪn/ fayn, US also /fʌn, fɜːrn/ fu(r)n), is a type of dry, relatively warm downslope wind that occurs in the lee (downwind...
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    20 gradi: colpa del Foehn" (in Italian). informazione.it. Archived from the original on 13 March 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024. "Lake Como bursts its banks...
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  • list of notable lakes in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness is shown, below. Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Alpine Lakes Wilderness Lakes portal List of...
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    as 8b. Mono Winds are a local weather phenomenon characterized by strong foehn winds. These winds materialize when high-pressure systems in the Great Basin...
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  • Euroclydon (a cyclonic tempestuous northeast wind in the Mediterranean) Föhn or foehn (a warm, dry, southerly wind off the northern side of the Alps and North...
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    orographically lifted. As the air mass descends, it is compression heated. The warm foehn wind, locally known as the Chinook wind, Bergwind or Diablo wind or Nor'wester...
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    the mountains circumventing the Spanish Atlantic façade. Because of the Foehn effect, the southern slopes fall inside the rain shadow zone and so Green...
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    Walchensee (redirect from Lake Walchen)
    northwest, it can lead to particularly violent thunderstorms. In contrast to a foehn, when a katabatic wind blows from south to north, the associated dry air...
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    The Maloja Wind (German: Malojawind) is a Foehn-type mountain wind that occurs in the upper Engadin, an alpine valley located in Switzerland. The wind...
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    maximum temperatures in winter are often unremarkable, on account of the foehn effect. The area is exceptionally dry by southeast coastal Australian standards...
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    ISBN 0-09-130460-1. Drechsel, S.; Mayr, G.J. (2008). "Objective Forecasting of Foehn Winds for a Subgrid-Scale Alpine Valley". Weather and Forecasting. 23 (2):...
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    the leeward side of the landforms, it is compressed and heated, producing foehn winds that absorb moisture downslope and cast a broad "shadow" of dry climate...
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    Melbourne's 48.6 days, mainly due to the foehn effect that is experienced in the eastern seaboard. Due to a strong foehn effect, the island registered a high...
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    archives and at the POR of 1907 to 1932. Like Azizia, Kebili is subject to the foehn-like wind phenomena known as a Ghibili. The World Meteorological Organization...
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    difference in moist adiabatic lapse rate and the dry rate is the cause of foehn wind phenomenon (also known as "Chinook winds" in parts of North America)...
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    central and eastern plateau sometimes have temperature rises due to the warm foehn wind. The dominating vegetation in the Swiss Plateau is a mixed broadleaf...
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    Friedrichshafen (category Populated places on Lake Constance)
    by the Lake Constance and the nearby Alps. Compared to the Hinterland, the temperatures are rather mild. The proximity to the Alps creates foehn winds...
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  • Schweighöfer Matthias Schweighöfer, Sibel Kekilli, Elyas M'Barek Comedy When the Foehn Wind Is Blowing [de] Rainer Kaufmann Martin Feifel [de], Jürgen Tonkel,...
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    2019-10-06. Retrieved 2019-10-06. David M. Gaffin (2009). "On High Winds and Foehn Warming Associated with Mountain-Wave Events in the Western Foothills of...
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    region sometimes experiences extremely hot temperatures because of the Foehn. The Central Highland has a typical inland humid continental climate, with...
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    during autumn and spring. Winds are usually weak, although sudden bursts of foehn or thunderstorms can sweep the air clean. The almost enclosed nature of...
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    eastern side of the ranges, snow is confined to higher elevations due to the foehn effect, and it is extremely rare to see snow below Lawson. Snow is quite...
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    can be warmed in several ways. The resulting dry, warm winds are known as foehn winds. Their warmth can in part be caused by the release of latent heat...
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    despite its mountainous location. It is strongly influenced by the action of foehn (warm and dry autumn wind), so the vegetation period is prolonged in spring...
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    less snowy than Hakkari's (to the west) in southeastern Turkey due to the foehn effect. Sports are an important part of Urmia's culture. The most popular...
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    Peninsula. A layer of loess, a rather unstable fine silt deposited by the foehn winds which bluster across the plains, covers the northern and western flanks...
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    low: (averaging 592.4 mm (23.32 in) per annum), as the town is affected by foehn winds. Sale receives 141.1 precipitation days annually, with a maximum frequency...
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    snowfall in the city centre was in 1968. Canberra is often affected by foehn winds, especially in winter and spring, evident by its anomalously warm...
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    warnings had already been issued of renewed storms with heavy rainfall and a foehn storm in the Alps for 29 and 30 June 2024. As a result, the cantonal authorities...
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