Foehn storm

From Glossary of Meteorology



foehn storm

A type of destructive storm that frequently occurs in October in the Bavarian Alps.

After a clear dawn a high foehn develops. At about 8:00
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local time clouds form on the mountains, temperature rises rapidly in the valleys, and at about 9:30
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the foehn begins to blow from the south-southwest, bringing dirty, reddish-yellow rain. The storm ceases about 5:00
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local time. During the storm the atmospheric pressure fluctuates rapidly.


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