Chinook Winds by Paul Burgess https://padlet.com/scripturescapes/t6k3satpadmm The what, where, when, why, and how en-us 2019-04-01 01:14:45 UTC 2025-09-28 11:23:49 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Clouds.png What is a Chinook? scripturescapes https://padlet.com/scripturescapes/t6k3satpadmm/wish/346988704 A Chinook is the name of foehn wind that blows east off the slopes of the Rocky Mountains. It is warm and dry because most of it's moisture was dropped on the windward side of the mountains. ]]> 2019-04-01 01:24:35 UTC https://padlet.com/scripturescapes/t6k3satpadmm/wish/346988704 Where do Chinooks Happen? scripturescapes https://padlet.com/scripturescapes/t6k3satpadmm/wish/346992359 Canadian Chinooks take place in south-western Alberta.]]> 2019-04-01 01:45:10 UTC https://padlet.com/scripturescapes/t6k3satpadmm/wish/346992359 How do Chinooks Work? scripturescapes https://padlet.com/scripturescapes/t6k3satpadmm/wish/346993307 2019-04-01 01:50:46 UTC https://padlet.com/scripturescapes/t6k3satpadmm/wish/346993307 What defines a Chinook? scripturescapes https://padlet.com/scripturescapes/t6k3satpadmm/wish/346993842 2019-04-01 01:54:04 UTC https://padlet.com/scripturescapes/t6k3satpadmm/wish/346993842 Inofographic! scripturescapes https://padlet.com/scripturescapes/t6k3satpadmm/wish/346996536 2019-04-01 02:10:44 UTC https://padlet.com/scripturescapes/t6k3satpadmm/wish/346996536 What does Chinook mean? scripturescapes https://padlet.com/scripturescapes/t6k3satpadmm/wish/349095370 The word "chinook" actually means "snow-eater" (Nkemdirim, 2015); so named because of how fast this warm wind can melt snow. ]]> 2019-04-05 22:23:21 UTC https://padlet.com/scripturescapes/t6k3satpadmm/wish/349095370 Chinook Arch scripturescapes https://padlet.com/scripturescapes/t6k3satpadmm/wish/349096283 A Chinook arch is "a band of stationary stratus clouds" (Weather Network, 2016) that stretches across the Albertan sky during a Chinook. 

Picture: (Badlands Motorsports Resort, 2017)]]> 2019-04-05 22:34:03 UTC https://padlet.com/scripturescapes/t6k3satpadmm/wish/349096283 When Chinooks happen scripturescapes https://padlet.com/scripturescapes/t6k3satpadmm/wish/349096935 "Calgarians can feel chinooks as summer transitions to fall, although they are more common, and noticeable, in the depth of winter and during the transition to spring."  - Nicole Halloran (Avenue Calgary)


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