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foehn

A warm, dry wind on the lee side of a mountain range that owes its relatively high temperatures largely to adiabatic heating during descent down mountain slopes, a descent that compresses and thereby heats the air (see Lapse Rate). In Zurich, Switzerland this means a warm but clear view of the Alps.

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