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Bow Island, Alberta | We see things like that in SW Alberta where chinook winds are common. Close to the mountains, temperatures can vary dramatically. One winter I was driving to a ski hill near Pincher Creek. It was around -25C (-13F) and when I drove to the top of the hill, the windows suddenly iced up on the outside. The air temp was above freezing on top of the hill and the windows were still at -20! I had to stop for a few minutes to let the windows warm up and let the frost melt.
From Google:
Stories about Chinook winds often center around the dramatic temperature shifts they bring, with tales of people finding their horses dangling from church steeples after a sudden snowmelt caused by the warm wind, or sleighs racing against a Chinook where the front runners are splashing through mud while the back runners are still kicking up snow; these stories often highlight the "snow eater" reputation of the Chinook wind, bringing relief from harsh winter conditions, especially in regions like Alberta, Canada
I think they got the "front" and "rear" runners backwards in the article. | |
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