foehn

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The coming of Sinlaku triggered a rare meteorological event known as the foehn phenomenon, wherein warm, dry winds swept through Taiwan's Taitung County, Xinhua said.

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  1. noun A warm dry wind coming off the lee slopes of a mountain range, especially off the northern slopes of the Alps.

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  • The coming of Sinlaku triggered a rare meteorological event known as the foehn phenomenon, wherein warm, dry winds swept through Taiwan's Taitung County, Xinhua said. —  Latest News - UPI.com
  • An off shore domestic 'foehn wind' - the hot dry wind blowing from the interior to the coast. —  newmatilda.com - Comments
  • The Santa Ana, which is named for one of the canyons it rushes through, is foehn wind, like the foehn of Austria and Switzerland and the hamsin of Israel. —  Dissent the Blog
  • There are a number of persistent malevolent winds, perhaps the best know of which are the mistral of France and the Mediterranean sirocco, but a foehn wind has distinct characteristics: it occurs on the leeward slope of a mountain range and, although the air begins as a cold mass, it is warmed as it comes down the mountain and appears finally as a hot dry wind. —  Dissent the Blog
  • Whenever and wherever foehn blows, doctors hear about headaches and nausea and allergies, about "nervousness," about —  Dissent the Blog
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  1. German Föhn, from Middle High German fœnne, from Old High German phōno, from Vulgar Latin *faōnius, from Latin favōnius, the west wind, from favēre, to be favorable.
 

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