variants
or föhn
: a warm dry wind blowing down the side of a mountain
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The Diablo and Santa Ana winds, officially classified as a foehn wind condition, are an age-old meteorological phenomenon.
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Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2025
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Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2025
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“Foehn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foehn. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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