The Chinooks winds



The Chinooks winds

Introduction

Chinook winds tends to be deciphered as hot and dry winds which are familiar with eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains of North America. It is where the Canadian prairies and the Rocky Mountains are in the Alps. The name Chinook tends to extract its roots from the believes of the Native Americans as they tend to inhabit the area between the Rocky Mountains and the Columbia River. Chinook winds usually help to elevate the temperature in the winter for a few hours or few days after the action of the Chinook (Christine, 2011). However, the ...