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	FöHN (WIND) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Een Föhn is een warme droge wind die vaak aan de Noordzijde van de Alpen waait.
		De benaming is afgeleid uit het Latijnse "Favonius" (warme wind) en het gotische fôhn (vuur).
		In de Alpen is het een normaal verschijnsel, maar de föhn waait ook op veel andere plaatsen in de wereld, soms onder andere benamingen.
	www.thumpershollow.com /encyclopedia/F/F%F6hn_(wind) (386 words)

	Föhn wind - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		A föhn wind or foehn wind occurs when a deep layer of prevailing wind is forced over a mountain range.
		As the wind descends to lower levels on the leeward side of the mountains, the air heats as it comes under greater atmospheric pressure creating strong, gusty, warm and dry winds.
		Winds of this type are called "snow-eaters" for their ability to make snow vanish.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /foehn_wind.htm (229 words)

	Wind: Definition and links.
		winds due to large pressure systems, which are in turn caused by sunlight heating the ground, and are affected by the rotation of the Earth.
		Wind tends to hug the ground and travel in layers so when it hits a hill the layers bunch up resulting in high wind speeds at the top of the hill.
		In the narrows of a canyon the layers of wind converge at the narrowest point of the canyon creating bolster eddies on either side of the start of the narrows and lee eddies on the opposite side.
	www.encyclopedian.com /wi/Wind.html (486 words)

	Net-weather forum > Guide to... Wind
		Fohn (foehn) - A warm and often extremely dry wind that descends in the lee of a mountain barrier, Fohn winds occur under stable conditions that are conducive to the formation of large-amplitude lee waves.
		Poniente - A westerly wind in the straits of Gibraltar.
		Zonda - A warm wind in Argentina, either a wintertime westerly fohn wind that descends the eastern slopes of the Andes, or a moist northerly ahead of a depression.
	www.net-weather.co.uk /forum/lofiversion/index.php/t1519.html (2438 words)

	Föhn wind - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Winds of this type are called "snow-eaters" for their ability to make snow melt rapidly.
		Föhn winds are also associated with the rapid spread of wildfires, making some regions which experience these winds particularly fire-prone.
		Föhn winds are notorious among mountaineers in the Alps, especially those climbing the Eiger, for whom the winds add additional difficulty in ascending an already difficult peak.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Foehn (311 words)

	FOHN - LoveToKnow Article on FOHN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		It is caused by the indraft of air from the elevated region to areas of low barometric pressure in the neighborhood, and the warmth and dryness are due to dynamical compression of the air as it descends to lower levels.
		Similar local winds occur in many parts of the world, as Greenland, and on the slopes of the Rocky Mountains.
		In the southern Alpine valleys the Fhn wind is often called sirocco, but its nature and cause are different from the true sirocco.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /F/FO/FOHN.htm (167 words)

	The Fohn
		The föhn wind is famous in the Alps; they are so matched that some think the föhn wind is specific for the Alps, but that's not true.
		The wind will be south there, blowing warm and moistly air to the Alps.
		Its a strong blustery easterly wind that descends the western slope of the Cross Fell Range in the Northern Pennines.
	www.scribeweekly.com /fohn.htm (474 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: General Information (Fj-Fz) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		In geography, a fohn is a hot, dry, local Alpine wind produced by the desiccation of an air current in passing over the mountain ranges and its subsequent heating by compression on being drawn into the denser valley atmosphere.
		A Fohn wind is a warm, dry wind blowing down the sides of mountains facing away from the prevailing wind.
		Other fohn winds are the Chinook (the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains, Canada and the USA); the Nor'Wester (New Zealand) and the Samoon(Iran).
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /A6B.HTM (2226 words)

	WIND - Definition
		A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the four winds.
		{Wind instrument} (Mus.), an instrument of music sounded by means of wind, especially by means of the breath, as a flute, a clarinet, etc.
		{Wind rose}, a table of the points of the compass, giving the states of the barometer, etc., connected with winds from the different directions.
	www.hyperdictionary.com /dictionary/wind (1566 words)

	Net-weather forum -> Guide to... Wind
		Fohn winds 9such as the chinook) are noted for there rapid temperature rise, their desiccating effect, and rapif disappearance of snow cover.
		The wind originates over the dry interior plateau, and its temperatur and desiccating effects are increased by adiabatic heating during its decent, as with a fohn wind.
		It is a katabatic wind, whose strength is increased by the funneling effect of the fjords' sides.
	www.net-weather.co.uk /forum/index.php?showtopic=1519&view=getlastpost (2498 words)

	Wind Energy Training Course 1.4
		In general the wind speeds at sea level are not as great as on hilly sites but the additional effect of sea breezes could improve the amount of time a coastal wind farm could operate.
		When computing the wind profile at sea and coastal sites the effect of heat fluxes and moisture fluxes can be significant even at high wind speeds and the equations detailed in section 1.3 should include stability corrections.
		Fohn winds are found all over the world and can be strong and also can be dangerous as the temperature rise can lead to snow melt.
	www.iesd.dmu.ac.uk /wind_energy/wetc143.html (911 words)

	Foehn wind Article, Foehnwind Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		A foehn wind occurs when a deep layer of prevailing wind is forced overa mountain range.
		As the wind descends tolower levels on the leeward side of the mountains, the air heats as it comes undergreater atmospheric pressure creating strong, gusty, warmand dry winds.
		Winds of this type are called"snow-eaters" for their ability to make snow vanish.
	www.anoca.org /winds/air/foehn_wind.html (174 words)

	MetService: LEARNING CENTRE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The prevailing wind direction is westerly, although in individual months easterlies may predominate, and north of Taranaki the general flow is southwesterly.
		In the North Island winds generally decrease for a period in the summer or early autumn, but in many parts of the South Island July and August are the least windy months.
		Sea breezes are the predominant winds in summer in many coastal places, such as Canterbury where the northeasterlies are almost as frequent as the predominant southwesterlies.
	www.metservice.co.nz /default/index.php?pkey=190512&class=menu (1681 words)

	Discovery Alps
		This is the wind known in German as Föhn, also called favonio in Italian, which is typical not only of the Alps but of all the mountainous areas of the planet.
		An odd fact: this wind is often thought to have a negative effect on a person’s mood - a belief so entrenched that in Austria the Föhn is considered as an extenuating circumstance for crimes committed on days when it is blowing.
		I was born in Cuorgnè in the province of Turin in 1978.
	www.discoveryalps.it /news.asp?IDNews=586&IDCategoria=333&Archivio=0 (554 words)

	Antarctica weather phenomena gallery, fohn bank
		This is a warm contour-hugging wind that is blowing across Coronation Island in the South Orkneys group in this case.
		As the warm (relatively to the ice and rock) wind blows across the land, it causes snow and ice to sublime.
		Wind, approaching a ridge, will either go up and over the ridge (normal) or come to a stop and then flow round the sides.
	www.coolantarctica.com /gallery/scenic/weather/Antarctica_weather8.htm (295 words)

	Untitled
		Fohn winds flow off mountain ridges, usually in the lee of the prevailing wind direction.
		The fohn-wind family consists of winds that are warm and dry because their air has been warmed by compression as they flow over the mountain ranges and then down the leeward slopes.
		Lethbridge was left with substantial wind damage and new lakes standing in the surrounding fields and pastures.
	www.suite101.com /print_article.cfm/13646/98720 (1027 words)

	A Dublin Weather Diary - Main Body
		'Fohn' is a German word for a atmospheric warming that occurs in southern Germany to the lee of the Alps.
		The 'fohn' effect in Dublin occurs for the same reason; that is, adiabatic warming of air as it descends the nearby Dublin and Wicklow hills.
		Fohns do not occur continuously to the lee of the high ground, as there are specific atmospheric conditions necessary for their development.
	homeweb2.unifr.ch /grahame/pub/dublin/dublin_weather2.htm (21254 words)

	Wind Info - Encyclopedia WikiWhat.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Due to differences in latitude, the planet's axial tilt, and the reflection and absorption of different materials and gases, some parts of the Earth get more energy than others, and they also have different capacities for holding on to that heat.
		Wind direction is according to where it comes from: north wind blows towards the south.
		The Winds of Mars:Aeolian Activity and Landforms, paper with slides that illustrate the wind activity on the planet Mars
	www.wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/w/wi/wind.html (618 words)

	Weather Statistics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The winds between 50 and 60 degrees latitude are known as the screaming fifties - most people wouldn't really want to live there - that's where the round-the-world yachts go to race.
		These hot dry winds are known as Fohn winds from the winds experienced in Italy.
		Although the rainfall may seem adequate, the strong northwesterly winds bring periods of very high temperatures (30 to 35 degrees) with very low humidity (less than 10%) and can dry out the garden in a couple of days.
	www.mooseyscountrygarden.com /garden-weather/weather-statistics.html (490 words)

	The Probert Encyclopaedia - General Information (F-H)
		A fjord is a long, narrow inlet resulting from the subsidence of a mountainous coast and the subsequent flooding of the valleys.
		A number of windings arranged alternatively on the rotor and the stator are tuned to successively high frequencies.
		The harmonium is a keyed instrument, resembling the accordion, the sounds being generated by the action of wind upon metallic reeds.
	www.galgani.it /free_encyclopedia/A6.HTM (13925 words)

	A Climatology of Significant Temperature Rises due to Foehn Winds near the Southern Appalachian Mountains (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The appropriate wind direction was normally found first since the temperature difference in the foehn air could vary according to many factors including the air mass characteristics, height of the mountain, occurrence or absence of clouds, and soil conditions.
		A total of two foehn wind events with significant temperature rises were found to have occurred between 1955 and 2001 in the Asheville region on the eastern side of the southern Appalachian Mountains: 2 December 1968 and 28 December 1992.
		As seen with the foehn wind events on the western side, the surface dewpoint rises on the eastern side were also determined to be the result of a warmer and nearly saturated 850 hPa air mass.
	www.srh.noaa.gov /mrx/research/down/foehnclimo.htm (4451 words)

	Wind
		Durch heftige Winde wurden in den Eiszeiten Millionen Tonnen eines feinen Staubes aus den Schotterbetten der Flüsse und den Gletschervorfeldern verfrachtet und an anderer Stelle wieder abgelagert.
		Der Wind formt in den Trockengebieten der Erde mächtige Dünen aus Sand.
		Ein Wind, der von Norden zum Äquator fließt, bleibt hinter den sich schneller drehenden Regionen zurück.
	members.chello.at /robert.forstner-billau/informationen/natur/wind.htm (2361 words)

	Infrasound by John D. Cody
		Wind was not the causative agent of these occurrences, as no wind was felt or detected.
		Fohn winds are dry and warm southerly winds which traverse the Alpine regions of Europe.
		Fohn weather is characterized by clear skies, high visibility, and dry atmosphere.
	www.borderlands.com /newstuff/research/infra.htm (3657 words)

	BBC - Weather Centre - Weather Review - 17/11/2004 - Is winter about to arrive...?
		A strong westerly wind meant a pronounced ‘fohn effect’ to the east of the hills.
		A ‘fohn effect’ is when, as the wind pushes air up a significant slope or hill, the air condenses as it rises, and condenses to form rain.
		As the temperatures dropped with the introduction of a much colder wind from the north, these showers turned increasingly wintry, with hail and sleet, as well as the threat of blizzards, as the evening turned into night.
	www.bbc.co.uk /weather/ukweather/daily_review/news/17112004review.shtml (478 words)

	wind - definition, thesaurus and related words from WordNet-Online
		wind, air current, current of air - air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere"
		wind instrument, wind - a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
		wind, winding, twist - the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"
	www.wordnet-online.com /wind.shtml (457 words)

	Research Results For Chinook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The chinook is the warm dry wind at the eastern base of the Rocky Mountains, and presents the same features as the fohn winds of Switzerland.
		The chinook winds descend from the Rockies, and while they are chiefly found in Montana and Wyoming, they also extend from the southern part of Colorado up into Canada as far as the Arctic circle.
		The high temperatures are confined to the valleys, and occur in streaks or pockets so that a traveller frequently passes suddenly from a very warm to a very cold atmosphere.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /cgi-bin/res.pl?keyword=Chinook&offset=0 (1186 words)

	BBC - Weather Centre - Features - Understanding Weather - The Föhn Effect
		The 'Föhn effect' is a German term given to a wind local to the Alps.
		The name comes from a German term given to a wind local to the Alps, which is most noticeable in late winter and spring.
		Unfortunately the spring-like conditions experienced in Aboyne did not last for long: at midday on the 30th the air temperature was -2°C (28°F), and with a 20 knot (23 mph) wind, there was a wind chill equivalent temperature of -12°C (10°F).
	www.bbc.co.uk /weather/features/understanding/fohn_effect.shtml (577 words)

	Taieri Pet
		They most commonly occur with föhn winds, which in the South Island are associated with the passage of a deep depression across the South Tasman Sea, preceded by very strong north-westerly winds.
		This particular cloud was caused by the high north-westerly wind impinging on the westerly side of the Rock and Pillar range (in background) being deflected upward and over the high peaks.
		At the same time, the wind would be increased in velocity over the top of the peaks and would descend on the leeward side, before again carrying out a reflected upward movement.
	www.middlemarch.co.nz /taieri_pet.html (740 words)

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