ST. LOUIS – January’s cold spell has made this month the coldest since 2011, but the much-needed January thaw is beginning to ramp up. A key factor driving this warm-up is the Chinook wind, which is ...

they sometimes encountered a dry warm wind east of the Rockies. These settlers adopted the same name for these winds. They were nicknamed snow eaters…as a strong Chinook wind could melt a foot ...

A key factor driving this warm-up is the Chinook wind, which is common this time of year. The Chinook wind is a warm, dry wind that originates in the Pacific Northwest, moving up into the ...

CBC Explains Clipper or chinook? How Alberta's most famous weather phenomena impact Canada The downslope movement of the wind creates compression warming. Air that's forced down experiences ...

The similarities that Albertans see between chinooks and Santa Ana winds are because the same physics are at play, said Natalie Hasell, a warning preparedness meteorologist with Environment and ...