Slope windstorm: Difference between revisions

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slope windstorm

(Also called downslope windstorm.) Occurs when strong synoptic-scale winds blow over a mountain ridge top, where the winds are trapped below a strong temperature inversion located at an altitude just above the ridge top.

The resulting fall winds on the lee side of the ridge are trapped close to the surface and can destroy buildings and blow down trees.
See also chinook, foehn.

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-<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(<br/>''Also called'' [[downslope windstorm]].) Occurs when strong [[synoptic-scale]] winds  blow over a mountain ridge top, where the winds are trapped below a strong [[temperature inversion]]  located at an [[altitude]] just above the ridge top.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">The resulting [[fall winds]] on the lee side of the ridge are trapped close to the surface and can  destroy buildings and blow down trees. <br/>''See also'' [[chinook]], [[foehn]].</div><br/> </div>
+<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(''Also called'' [[downslope windstorm]].) Occurs when strong [[synoptic-scale]] winds  blow over a mountain ridge top, where the winds are trapped below a strong [[temperature inversion]]  located at an [[altitude]] just above the ridge top.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">The resulting [[fall winds]] on the lee side of the ridge are trapped close to the surface and can  destroy buildings and blow down trees. <br/>''See also'' [[chinook]], [[foehn]].</div><br/> </div>
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