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Definition of Foehn

Foehn
Foehn Foehn, n. [G. dial. (Swiss), fr. L. Favonius west wind. Cf. Favonian.] (Meteor.) (a) A warm dry wind that often blows in the northern valleys of the Alps, due to the indraught of a storm center passing over Central Europe. The wind, heated by compression in its descent from the mountains, reaches the base, particularly in winter, dry and warm. (b) Any similar wind, as the chinook, in other parts of the world.

Meaning of Foehn from wikipedia

- 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 in the lee of a mountain...
- The southeast Australian foehn is a westerly foehn wind and a rain shadow effect that usually occurs on the coastal plain of southern New South Wales...
- A Föhn cloud or Foehn cloud is any cloud ****ociated with a Föhn (Foehn), usually an orographic cloud, a mountain wave cloud, or a lenticular cloud. Föhn...
- 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...
- orographically lifted. As the air m**** descends, it is compression heated. The warm foehn wind, locally known as the Chinook wind, Bergwind or Diablo wind or Nor'wester...
- region sometimes experiences extremely hot temperatures because of the Foehn. The Central Highland has a typical inland humid continental climate, with...
- advanced aerobatics. The M-200 was also built in France by CARMAM as the M-200 Foehn. Data from Coates, Andrew. “Jane's World Sailplanes & Motor Gliders new...
- Zonda wind (Spanish: viento zonda) is a regional term for the foehn wind that often occurs on the eastern slope of the Andes, in Argentina. The Zonda...
- of the Great Dividing Range, it occasionally experiences dry, westerly foehn winds typically in winter and early spring (which are the reason for its...
- 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...