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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Chinookan peoples (redirect from Chinook people)
" 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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Orographic lift (section Leeward winds)
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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