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Chinook wind

• a warm, usually dry, west or southwest wind, commonest during winter and spring, that moderates the weather in the region east of the Rockies, including much of the western prairies on occasion, but regularly in the foothills from the Peace River to Colorado.

  See also: Chinook (def. 3)  snow-eater  

  • 1878  On Saturday, the Chinook wind began to blow.
  • 1966  In Alberta warm chinook winds allowed many rural schools to open again . . . after a four-day holiday enforced by the cold snap.