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    Chinook winds, or simply Chinooks, are two types of prevailing warm, generally westerly winds in western North America: Coastal Chinooks and interior Chinooks...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    " Chinook salmon Chinook (wind) Boeing CH-47 Chinook Neerchokikoo Wilson, Katie (October 7, 2014). "Recognition move by Oregon tribe stirs Chinook concerns"...
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    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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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    the Gulf of Alaska, greatly warming temperatures. When coupled with a chinook wind, temperatures well above freezing often result. For example, in the record...
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  • Chinook Winds Adventist Academy is an Independent K–12 Christian school located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, that is affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist...
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