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Foehn: A warm, dry wind on the lee (downwind) slopes of a mountain range. The name originated in the Alps. Some local names: chinook of the Rocky Mountains, zonda and puelche in the Andes. Rocky Mountains chinook winds sometimes exceed 60 m.p.h.
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