Chinook winds, or simply Chinooks, are two types of prevailing warm, generally westerly winds in western North America: Coastal Chinooks and interior Chinooks...

Look up chinook or Chinook in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chinook may refer to: The name derives from a settlement of Indigenous people in Oregon...

Evidence for effects from Chinook winds remains anecdotal, as it does for New Zealand's Nor'wester. In some regions, Foehn winds are associated with causing...

Battlefield, located 20 miles (32 km) south of Chinook. The city is named for the Chinook wind, a warm wind on eastern side of the Rocky Mountains. Its Gros...

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(Festival of Wind) is held periodically on the Prado Beach in Marseille. Winds of Provence Classical compass winds Bora (wind) Cers (wind) Chinook wind Cierzo...

Chinook Winds Casino and convention center is a Native American casino located in Lincoln City, Oregon. It is operated by the Confederated Tribes of Siletz...

occur primarily during spring and summer, and sometimes in autumn. The Chinook wind tends to warm the state significantly in the winter and early spring...

targets Berg wind – Wind in South Africa Bora (wind) – Wind in areas near the Adriatic Sea Chinook wind – Warm, dry wind in North America Diablo wind – Northern...

foehn wind, locally known as the Chinook wind, Bergwind or Diablo wind or Nor'wester depending on the region, provide examples of this type of wind, and...

the Gulf of Alaska, greatly warming temperatures. When coupled with a chinook wind, temperatures well above freezing often result. For example, in the record...

Central Tablelands, South Western Slopes and the Central West). Chinook wind Foehn wind Hardiness zone List of belt regions of the United States "Cross...

temperature swings are less pronounced in western Alberta due to occasional Chinook winds. Alberta is the fourth-largest province by area at 661,848 square kilometres...

after the Chinook wind that blows through the Pacific Northwest rather than the Chinook salmon that is also common to the region. Chinook was founded...

katabatic winds are relatively cool or cold. Not all downslope winds are katabatic. For instance, winds such as the föhn and chinook are rain shadow winds where...

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4 Chinook was Canada's first turbojet engine, designed by Turbo Research and manufactured by A.V. Roe Canada Ltd. Named for the warm Chinook wind that...

230-foot motorbike leap record. In 2003, Knievel jumped 15 trucks at the Chinook Winds Casino. In late March 2006, Knievel jumped 180 feet over the St. Johns...

heavy winds coming out of the mouth of Knight Inlet, at the upper east end of the strait. Williwaw Chinook wind "Break Out: Arctic Outflow Winds on the...

the whole day" until 10 pm. The temperature then fell below freezing, the wind shifted to northwesterly, and the skies cleared at midnight. At sunrise the...

breaks from cold spells in winter when the Chinook wind blows down-slope from the Rocky Mountains. A Chinook on 27 February 1992 caused the temperature...

opened Chinook Winds Casino at the northern end of the city on property overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Major employers include Chinook Winds Casino,...

atmosphere when an air mass descends, for example, in a Katabatic wind, Foehn wind, or Chinook wind flowing downhill over a mountain range. When a parcel of air...

Winters however, are milder than areas further to the east due to the chinook wind influence, as with most of Montana. Red Lodge is part of the Billings...

(74 mi) northeast of Brooks. Chinook was named after the Chinook wind, a "warm dry westerly wind from the Rocky Mountains. Chinook recorded a population of...

followed by unseasonable warmth with temperatures above freezing due to chinook wind effects. Summers can be warm and dry for extended periods creating ideal...

Famous Chinook Winds". mountainnature.com. Archived from the original on February 14, 2014. Retrieved February 28, 2014. "Average Annual Wind Speed at...

temperature changes occur in North American climates susceptible to Chinook winds. For example, the largest 2-minute temperature change of 49 °F (27.2 °C)...

of 1899, snowfall in New Orleans reached 3.8 inches (9.7 cm) with strong winds and temperatures below 10 °F (−12 °C). 2000: This snow was nationally televised...

This is a list of casinos in Oregon. Chinook Winds Indian Head Indian Head (sign) Kah-Nee-Ta Kla-Mo-Ya The Mill The Old Camp Seven Feathers Seven Feathers...