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Mountain downslope winds and windstorms (3) 1) Winds are blowing from the top of the mountain to the valley - hence downslope 2) winds adiabatically compress, dry , and warm 3) winds can exceed hurrican force (greater than or equal to 75 mph) chinook -east slope of the Rockies including Boulder and Denver Bora former Yugoslavia santa ana southern california nor'wester new zealand chinooks occur? Nov. - Mar. on east slope of Rockies out to about I-25 chinook wind gusts can exceed 115 mph chinook wall cloud base of wall cloud is where the air is warmed about the dew point temperature chinook winds always warm through... adiabatic compressions Bora wind happens if chinook wind... is colder than existing surface temperatures before the Chinook Trapped Lee Waves -inversion layers east of Rockies -wind is trapped in inversion layers -lenticular clouds and rotors Chinook in Boulder -jan 16-17 -wind gusts 130mph - winds went from 100 - 10mph and back in 1 min - trucks, cars, aircraft, headaches, etc Chinook in Rapid City -ST =4 degrees -rose from 4-54F Santa Ana Winds - Downslope winds from Sonoran desert Plateau - sept to april - spread wilfires