foehn
Noun
Meaning
a warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps
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For example, a foehn wind is a down-slope wind which occurs on the downwind side of a mountain range.
Southwesterly winds further warmed by foehn wind can give warm temperatures in narrow Norwegian fjords in winter; Tafjord has recorded 17.9 °C in January and Sunndal 18.9 °C in February.
In summer it is a little less rainy than the Pacific area but sometimes experiences extreme high temperatures due to the foehn wind phenomenon.
Southwesterly winds further warmed by foehn can give warm temperatures in narrow fjords in winter; Tafjord has recorded convert in January and Sunndal convert in February.