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What (who) is fohn - definition

A WARM, DRY, DOWNSLOPE WIND DESCENDING THE LEE SIDE OF THE ALPS AS A RESULT OF SYNOPTIC-SCALE, CROSS-BARRIER FLOW OVER THE MOUNTAIN RANGE
Foehn winds; Fohn wind; Foehn; Föhn; Fohn; Fohn Wind; Foehn effect; Föhn wind; Alpine wind; Leewind; Foehn Winds; Foehns; Föhn effect; Fern effect; Fern wind; Fohn effect
  • Foehn clouds over [[La Palma]], Spain
  • Dissolving [[Föhn cloud]]s over [[Cumbre Nueva]] (1400 m), [[La Palma]]
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  • Rotor cloud revealing overturning and turbulence above the lee slopes of the Antarctic Peninsula during a westerly Foehn event.
  • Foehn clouds upon the [[Karawanken]] mountain range, [[Carinthia]], Austria
  • The warm moist air from northern Italy is blocked on the [[windward]] side, loses much of its water vapour content, and descends on the French plateau and valley of the Mont-Cenis range in the [[Maurienne valley]]

fohn         
[f?:n]
(also foehn)
¦ noun a hot southerly wind on the northern slopes of the Alps.
Origin
C19: from Ger., based on L. (ventus) Favonius 'mild west wind', Favonius being the Roman personification of the west or west wind.
foehn         
¦ noun variant spelling of fohn.
Foehn wind         
A foehn (, , ), is a type of dry, relatively warm, downslope wind that occurs in the lee (downwind side) of a mountain range.

Wikipedia

Foehn wind

A Foehn or Föhn (UK: , US: , US also ), is a type of dry, relatively warm, downslope wind that occurs in the lee (downwind side) of a mountain range. It is a rain shadow wind that results from the subsequent adiabatic warming of air that has dropped most of its moisture on windward slopes (see orographic lift). As a consequence of the different adiabatic lapse rates of moist and dry air, the air on the leeward slopes becomes warmer than equivalent elevations on the windward slopes.

Foehn winds can raise temperatures by as much as 14 °C (25 °F) in just a matter of hours. Switzerland, southern Germany and Austria have a warmer climate due to the Foehn, as moist winds off the Mediterranean Sea blow over the Alps.

Examples of use of fohn
1. The Fohn effect, where damp air warms up as it descends after passing over higher ground, can cause surprisingly warm temperatures in Scotland.