The Joran is a cold, dry wind that blows from the Jura Mountains in Switzerland. It is a type of “mountain breeze” that occurs when the air on the slopes cools down at night and becomes heavy. This cold air ...
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This wind is the Chinook. It is a regional wind of the Pacific Northwest and the Rocky Mountains. It starts as a moist maritime air mass from the Pacific Ocean. After being forced over the mountain ranges and losing its ...
In New Zealand, the warm and dry wind that descends from the Southern Alps is called the Nor’wester. Like other Foehn winds, it starts as moist air on the western coast but becomes hot and dry as it spills over ...
The Chinook wind acts as a warm blanket for the central plains of the USA during winter. When these winds descend the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains, they warm up through a process called adiabatic compression. This causes a ...
The Shrieking Sixties occur at 60° South latitude, where the winds become even more violent and high-pitched. In this freezing region near Antarctica, the air is extremely dense and the pressure changes are very rapid. The winds “shriek” as they ...