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I took a drive on some logging roads up on a ridge west of Sundre, Alberta, this afternoon. A chinook arch was the predominant view on the way back home....you have to love Alberta clouds.
The distinctive colors of the creeks on Rainier's south and east flanks - blue water, pale gray stone, and yellow moss - are on display all along Chinook Creek.
Southern Alberta
The Chinook Arch is a type of mountain wave cloud that is unique to our area because of geography and storm tracks. This formation occurs on the east slopes of the Rocky Mountains particularly in the Alberta & Montana area where mountains run roughly north-south. The Chinook Arch cloud has a sharp western (upwards) edge.
Chinook arch forming over the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Strong winds blow in from the west coast and bring warm air that can have wind speeds as high as 100km per hour and can raise the temperature from a -20 to +10 within the hour! Chinooks translates from cree to to 'Snow Eater' and for good reason! Chinooks are a blessing as the area warms up for a few days giving some relief from the -20 temps. Although they are very noticeable in the winter chinooks happen year round and can raise summer temperatures a few degrees higher. Chinooks are most prevalent over southern Alberta in Canada, especially in a belt from Pincher Creek and Crowsnest Pass through Lethbridge, which get 30–35 Chinook days per year, on average, but chinook winds, can occur interior West of North America, where the prairies and great plains meet various mountain ranges. One of the most striking features of the chinook is the chinook arch, which is a band of stationary stratus clouds caused by air rippling over the mountains due to orographic lifting. Orographic lift occurs when an air mass is forced from a low elevation to a higher elevation as it moves over the rising mountains. Because of the dramatic pressure change some people experience intense migraine headaches indicating that a chinook is on it's way!
Chinook arch forming over the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Strong winds blow in from the west coast and bring warm air that can have wind speeds as high as 100km per hour and can raise the temperature from a -20 to +10 within the hour! Chinooks translates from cree to to 'Snow Eater' and for good reason! Chinooks are a blessing as the area warms up for a few days giving some relief from the -20 temps. Although they are very noticeable in the winter chinooks happen year round and can raise summer temperatures a few degrees higher. Chinooks are most prevalent over southern Alberta in Canada, especially in a belt from Pincher Creek and Crowsnest Pass through Lethbridge, which get 30–35 Chinook days per year, on average, but chinook winds, can occur interior West of North America, where the prairies and great plains meet various mountain ranges. One of the most striking features of the chinook is the chinook arch, which is a band of stationary stratus clouds caused by air rippling over the mountains due to orographic lifting. Orographic lift occurs when an air mass is forced from a low elevation to a higher elevation as it moves over the rising mountains. Because of the dramatic pressure change some people experience intense migraine headaches indicating that a chinook is on it's way!
66723, Chinook, hauls The London Gateway GBRF to Birch Coppice , Sunrise on 1.4.25. Velvia 50 pushed one stop.
CH-47F Chinook A15-303 of the Australian Army's 5th Aviation Regiment, departs RAAF Base Edinburgh, bound for Kangaroo Island, South Australia, in support of bushfire operations.
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State Route 410 meanders through the Cascade Mountain Range and is designated as part of the all American Road Program for its scenic views such as this. The Pacific Crest Trail also runs through here taking the hearty past several of Washington States extinct volcanos and in the shadow of active one's like Rainier back there. Unfortunately.... it closes in the winter due to avalanche danger and is now covered in snow. It closed October 24th and isn't expected to reopen until May/June. Current forecast, light rain today then snow as far as one can see....
A very clean GBRf 66 66723 "Chinook" arrived in a siding between Platform 15 and 16 at London Euston on 0z66 1205 Peterborough GBRf Shed - London Euston,photographed on 13/08/2017
Boeing CH-47D Chinook Serial M.7004 Register ZA674 used by Royal Air Force RAF.
"The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is an American twin-engined, tandem rotor, heavy-lift helicopter developed by American rotorcraft company Vertol and manufactured by Boeing Vertol. The CH-47 is among the heaviest lifting of Western helicopters. Its name, Chinook, is from the Native American Chinook people of Washington state."
This unspoiled land offers a fantastic getaway for those who truly enjoy the outdoors and have a spirit of adventure. Antelope, whitetail and mule deer, elk, turkey and other game keep the hunters busy here while fisherman go casting for walleye, small-mouth bass, ling and chinook salmon. It’s also a historic place where you can follow the trail of Lewis & Clark and maybe even stumble upon a world-class dinosaur fossil. Just a few of exciting attributes of Montana’s Missouri River Country.
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