[DOC] [TLE] Winds of the world Weatherwise [PAR] Many of the winds that blow down mountain slopes in California are also ... A hot, 
dry easterly wind in the Los Angeles basin is called a Santa Ana. ... after the dry 
California summer, strong Santa Areas often fan the flames of .... This foehn-type 
blow can melt a foot of snow on the plains east of the Rockies in a few hours. [DOC] [TLE] Winds - Rocky Mountain National Park (U.S. National Park Service) [PAR] When air is funneled around mountains, locally strong winds are created (just as 
skyscrapers may ... During this rising and cooling, the airmass will release most 
of its moisture as rain or snow. ... Now comes the interesting part  moist air 
warms and cools less than does dry air. ... Bora winds are also downslope winds. [DOC] [TLE] Chinook wind - Wikipedia [PAR] Chinook winds /nk/, or simply chinooks, are foehn winds in the interior 
West of North ... The snow partly melts and partly evaporates in the dry wind. ... 
Calgary, Alberta also gets many Chinooks  the Bow Valley in the Canadian 
Rockies west of ... One of its most striking features is the Chinook arch, which is a 
band of... [DOC] [TLE] Talk:Chinook wind - Wikipedia [PAR] Satellite Pics and References Coming Soon[edit]. I'll add satellite photos 
illustrating the coastal ... 16 Serious error; 17 Hot and dry or tropical? ... 
References also forthcoming for the Chinook-Wind First Nations story; the ...... 
they cross into the Interior and beyond the Rockies; Okanagan Chinooks aren't 
as strong as in Alberta... [DOC] [TLE] Appendix:Glossary of Canadian English - Wiktionary [PAR] The use of the word to mean a wind is from the Chinook Jargon, "i.e., the wind 
from ... West Company, hence the Frenchified pronunciation east of the Rockies. 
A Chinook in BC is also one of the five main varieties of salmon, and can also .... 
to have come into use in the Canadian (Toronto-based) media to mean the City 
of... [DOC] [TLE] Stream Ecology - Stream Biology and Ecology [PAR] Still, much of the water that falls as rain or snow in the Rocky Mountains ends up 
in ... While Mt. St. Helens's ash was destructive to the salmon that used its rivers, 
the ... Floods also wash dead brush and trees into the stream, providing habitat 
for ... desert rivers to the paddies, and from there it evaporates into the hot, dry air. [DOC] [TLE] NATIVE AMERICANS or AMERICAN INDIANS [PAR] They may have come because they were wandering hunters, like most people of 
that era. ... Gradually they learned to utilize the area's trees and plants, its 
animals, fish, and birds, and its ... The region also had nomadic Indians who did 
not build villages. ... They moved over the dry, rocky land seeking grass for their 
flocks. [DOC] [TLE] CLIMATE OF IDAHO - Western Regional Climate Center [PAR] With a maximum north-south extent of 7 of latitude, its east-west extent of 6 of 
longitude at ... In the north the main barrier is the rugged chain of Bitterroot 
Mountains ... temperatures, but also in the reversal of the wet winter-dry summer 
pattern. .... the summer months strong winds almost invariably come with 
thunderstorms. [DOC] [TLE] Climate of California | Western Regional Climate Center [PAR] With its major axis oriented in a northwest-southeast direction the State is 800 ... 
The mountains rise abruptly from the ocean or from the narrow coastal plain to ... 
the dry part of the year, and to provide flood control during the winter and spring. 
... A large number of people come to California in order to enjoy the benefits of... [DOC] [TLE] Coniferous Forest - Science in Context - Gale [PAR] The process by which one type of plant or tree is gradually replaced by others is 
called succession. .... Most of the precipitation (rain, snow, or sleet) in the boreal 
forest comes from ... Mountain forests face cold, dry climates and high winds. .... 
Most coniferous trees have a single strong stem, or

Question: Also a type of salmon, it's a strong, hot & dry wind that comes from the Rocky Mountains
Answer: the Chinook