Sentences with phrase «foehn storms»
However the positive AAO generated a wind regime that moved up and over the mountains, creating anomalous foehn storms on the eastern side of the peninsula.5 As the winds descend, temperatures adiabatically rise 10 to 20 degrees or more due to changes in pressure without any additional heat as depicted in Figure 2 above.
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When adiabatically heated air reaches the ground we get foehn storms, and when it hovers a few hundred feet above the ground we get heat waves.